Yuelushan Fm
Type Locality and Naming
The type section is located at Kuntao Pavilion-Wulun Pagoda of Yuelushan Hill, Changsha City, Hunan Province. It was named by Tian Qijun (=Tien C. C.) in 1928.
Lithology and Thickness
Terrestrial clastics. The formation, 250 m thick, is mainly characterized by terrestrial clastics, consisting of a Lower part of thick-bedded sandstone with conglomerate; and an Upper part of gray, grayish-white and yellow thin-bedded fine-grained sandstone intercalated with shale, siltstone and a bed of oolitic hematite.
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
The Formation rests disconformably with a basal conglomerate on the Wujiafang Fm.
Upper contact
Regional extent
The Formation is mainly distributed along the south side of Jiangnan Old Land and widespread in Changsha-Ningxiang area.
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Depositional setting
It is interpreted as a littoral environment.
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