Tuzkabak Gr
Period:
Paleogene
Age Interval:
latest Eocene-early Oligocene
Province:
Zaisan (Zaysan) Basin - East
Lithology Pattern:
Sandy claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Conformable onto the Kyzylkain Fm
Upper contact
Unconformably overlain by the Oshagan Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
latest Eocene (Priabonian) – early Oligocene (Rupelian) ); top is a minor hiatuses of uncertain extent (not included in age span here)
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Priabonian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.1
Beginning date (Ma):
37.33
Ending stage:
Rupelian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
27.29
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Information provided by Nariman Jamikeshev from Kazakh-language sources and from other publications.