Mijiuco Fm
Period:
Carboniferous
Age Interval:
C2−P1 (), Late Carboniferous to Early Permian
Province:
Xizang (Tibet)
Type Locality and Naming
The type section is located at Mijiuco, about 60 km south of Siling Co (the 2nd largest salt water lake in Tibet) in central Tibet. It was named by Wang Wenbin in 1957.
Lithology and Thickness
Limestone. Light-gray-yellow thick-bedded to massive compact limestone and crystalline limestone intercalated with thin-bedded limestone, occasionally with purple lumpy limestone; 1260 m thick.
Lithology Pattern:
Limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Conformable contact with the underlying Shalonglieting Fm = next "Orphan"
Upper contact
Unknown: The top is unexposed
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Age
Tentatively ascribed to the Late Carboniferous to Early Permian in the lexicon
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Kasimovian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
307.02
Ending stage:
Sakmarian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
290.51
Depositional setting
It is interpreted as platform-neritic deposits
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Fan Yingnian