Shalonglieting Fm
Period:
Carboniferous
Age Interval:
C1 (), Early Carboniferou
Province:
Xizang (Tibet)
Type Locality and Naming
The type section lies at Tarma, about 40 km southeast of Mujiuco, some 70 km southeast of Xainza County, Tibet. It was named by Wang Wenbin in 1957.
Lithology and Thickness
Claystone. Gray-green and gray-black aluminous shale, intercalated with thin-bedded limestone and quartz sandstone, gradually changed upward into interbedded sand and shale; ~2350 m thick.
Lithology Pattern:
Continental marl
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Conformable contact with the underlying Taerta Fm = next "Orphan" but different spelling (Tarma)
Upper contact
Conformable contact with the overlying Mico Fm = previous "Orphan" (but different spelling of Mijiuco)
Regional extent
Distributed in the southern Siling Co (the 2nd largest salt water lake of Tibet) and eastern Qingshazong areas in eastern Tibet.
GeoJSON
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Age
Early Carboniferous
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
359.30
Ending stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
323.40
Depositional setting
It is interpreted as a
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Fan Yingnian