Suchan Gr
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Late Cretaceous (S-12)
Province:
Siberia southeast
Type Locality and Naming
Partizansk depression of southern Primorye Basin (S-12; E of Vladivostok). Subdivided into the lower Stary Suchan Fm (StarySuchan Fm), middle to upper Severny Suchan Fm (SevernySuchan Fm), and locally upper Frentzevka Fm.
Lithology and Thickness
See individual formations
Lithology Pattern:
Fine-grained sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Disconformably onto the Klyuchi Fm
Upper contact
Conformably overlain by the Korkino Gr
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
See individual formations
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Hauterivian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.4
Beginning date (Ma):
130.16
Ending stage:
Albian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.85
Ending date (Ma):
102.41
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Igor N. Kosenko, Jingeng Sha and Boris N. Shurygin (2021). Upper Mesozoic stratigraphy of Sikhote-Alin (Russian Far East) and northeastern China: Non-marine and marine correlations. Part 1: Upper Jurassic-Hauterivian AND 2. Barremian-Aptian. Cretaceous Research, 124: articles 104811 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104811) AND 104812 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104812)