Sharburtishan Fm
Type Locality and Naming
It was named by Hou Hongfei et al . in 1979. The type section is located at Sarburtishan, southeast of Matubulak in Hoboksar Mongol Autonomous County, the Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu.
Synonym: （沙尔布提山组）
Lithology and Thickness
The formation, 150-362 m in thickness, consists of gray, grayish green, brown thick-bedded to massive medium-to-coarse-grained tuffaceous conglomerate, pebbly grit intercalated with tuffaceous micritic sandstone. It bears anthozoa Favosites.
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
It is conformable onto the underlying Sharbur Fm
Upper contact
It is conformable below the overlying Kekexiongkuduk Fm
Regional extent
The formation is exposed at Sarburtishan Mt.
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Fossils
It contains coral Favosites. It might be of Ludlow age based on the corals and constrained by the overlying and underlying strata.
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Depositional setting
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