Aerpishimaibulak Fm
Period:
Devonian
Age Interval:
D21 (13,77); early Devonian
Province:
Xinjiang
Type Locality and Naming
Eastern South Tianshan. Details not available.
Lithology and Thickness
Coarse-grained sandstone. Not in Lexicon (English version); but Chinese version (Anqing Chen) was translated as Dark gray sandstone, sandy conglomerate, shale, with limestone, tuff.
Lithology Pattern:
Coarse-grained sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Next older formation (Silurian) is the Bayanbulak Fm (Bayinburuk Fm)
Upper contact
Conformably or disconformably underlies the Alatag Fm limestone
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
early Devonian
Age Span:
S
Beginning stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
419.00
Ending stage:
Emsian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
394.30
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
(from Chinese-language lexicon entry; translated by Anqing Chen)