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NinganBasalt Formation

NinganBasalt Fm


Period: 
Neogene

Age Interval: 
Pliocene, (13c,e)


Province: 
Heilongjiang, Jilin

Type Locality and Naming

No details given – shown at top of Songliao Basin column region in Chinese Lexicon stratigraphic chart for Cenozoic.


Lithology and Thickness

Inferred to be Basalt from its name on chart


Lithology Pattern: 
Lava


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Next older regional unit is the Chuandishan Fm or Fujin Fm

Upper contact

Quaternary?

Regional extent

Songliao basin columns


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Shown as late Pliocene-early Pleistocene

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Piacenzian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
3.60

    Ending stage: 
Gelasian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
1.0

    Ending date (Ma):  
1.80

Depositional setting


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


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