XishanBasalt Fm
Period:
Neogene
Age Interval:
Pliocene, (13a)
Province:
Heilongjiang
Type Locality and Naming
No details given – shown at top of Jiayin Basin column 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
"The underlying Sunwu Fm is in unconformable contact with the overlying Pliocene Xishan Fm basalt"
Upper contact
Quaternary
Regional extent
Jiaying 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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