Kalaerqisi Gr
Type Locality and Naming
The type section is located at Kebuhate, Fuhai County, Xinjiang. It was named by Zhang Yuqian et al. in 1977.
Lithology and Thickness
Volcanic Tuff and Siltstone. A suite of metamorphic rock strata outcropping as fault blocks, dominated by schistose metamorphosed tuff, sericitized siltstone and schistose two-mica siltstone. Exposed thickness 696−933.7 m.
Around Fuyun, the degree of metamorphism turns from low to high, resulting in various schists, gneisses and migmatites, reaching 2266 m at maximum.
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Conformable contact with the underlying Qiaqihai Fm
Upper contact
Conformable contact with the overlying stratum (lower Permian Harjiawau Fm is next younger unit in this general area)
Regional extent
The group is distributed along Xibodu to Fuyun on the south slope of the Altay Mts.
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Fossils
Containing Spore-Pollen Punctatisporites sp., Granulatisporites sp., Calamospora sp., Retusotriletes and Lueckisporites sp., as well as Plant Calamites sp.
Age
Depositional setting
It is interpreted as a
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