Gaopengling Fm
Period:
Neogene
Age Interval:
Pliocene, N2, (27a)
Province:
Guangdong
Type Locality and Naming
Gaopengling, Gaozhou, Guangdong, named by No. 130 Team of Zhongnan Coalfield Exploration Bureau in 1956
Lithology and Thickness
This Formation is composed of variegated conglomerates such as gray-yellow and purple-red, glutenite and gray-white medium- and coarse-grained sandstone intercalated with siltstone and mudstone. Poor separation of sandstone and conglomerate, the Formation is 1212 m thick. The lithology changes greatly from the northwest to the southeast.
Lithology Pattern:
Conglomerate
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Disconformity contact with the underlying Miocene Laohuling Fm
Upper contact
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Pollen fossil Quercoidites-Alnus-Polypodiaceaes porites
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Gelasian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
2.58
Ending stage:
Gelasian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
1.80
Depositional setting
This Formation belongs to the piedmont molasse coarse clastic rock deposition
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Tao Deng, Sukuan Hou, J.Z. Qigao, Q. Li, Q.Q. Shi, B.Y. Sun, S.Q. Wang, F.X. Wu