Manitu Fm
Type Locality and Naming
Type locality is the West Hills of Manitu in Chifeng City, Balin Zuo Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Named by Compiler
Jingeng Sha (coordinator) Group for Liaoning Regional Stratigraphic Scale, 1978, Regional Stratigraphic Scale of Northeast China: Liaoning Province, Beijing: Geological Publishing House. First appeared in a 1974 manuscript by Li Jihai et al., who worked in No.2 Liaoning Regional Geological Survey Team. Middle formation in this regional version of the Xinganling Gr.
Lithology and Thickness
Andesite and volcaniclastic rocks, interlayered with sedimentary rocks
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Conformable onto the volcanics of the Manketou'ebo Fm.
Upper contact
Overlain by volcanics of the Baiyingaolao Fm.
Regional extent
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Fossils
Age
Depositional setting
Additional Information
Age span:
Beginning stage: Oxfordian
Fraction up in beginning stage: 0.75
Beginning date (Ma):
Ending stage: Kimmeridgian
Fraction up in ending stage: 0.25
Ending date (Ma):
Depositional setting:
Depositional-pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler
Jingeng Sha (coordinator)
Excerpts from Geological Formation Names of China (1866-2000), Springer.