Yicekebash Gr
Type Locality and Naming
It was named by the Party of Regional Geological Survey, Xinjiang Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources in 1961 and published by Wang Baoyu in 1985. The type section is located in the upper reaches of Kargo River, northeast of Keyi in Baicheng County, the Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu. The reference section is at Yilarlek in the upper reaches of Altenkos River.
Synonym: (伊契克巴什群) , Yicekebash Fm
Lithology and Thickness
The Yicekebash Gr, 4729 m in thickness, consists of grayish white, white medium- to thick-bedded calcite marble intercalated with biotite hornblende granulite and minor two-mica felsic amphibole-gneiss.
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
It conformably rests on the Yilalife Fm (Yinanlike Fm).
Upper contact
It conformably contacts with the overlying Keketiekedaban Fm
Regional extent
It is widely distributed at Halik Mt. and in Baicheng area. The carbonate rock and the clastic rock of the group are in facies-change relation along the strike.
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Fossils
It yields anthozoa Kyphophyllum sp., Entelophyllum sp., Mesofavosites sp., Squameofavosites cf. kenkolicus; brachiopod Conchidium sp.; stromatopor Amphipora sp., etc.
Age
Depositional setting
The group represents carbonate and clastic rocks intercalated with acidic volcanic rock, a suite of marine sediments of miogeosyncline type.
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