Zhujiang Fm
Period:
Neogene
Age Interval:
Early Miocene, (27c)
Province:
South China Sea, Guangdong
Type Locality and Naming
Pearl River Mouth Basin (offshore). Pearl River estuary basin
Lithology and Thickness
Silty mudstones (Based on of Yang et al. 2017's diagram modified from Pang et al, 2008).
Lithology Pattern:
Claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Disconformity with underlying Zhuhai Fm
Upper contact
Conformable with overlying Hanjiang Fm
Regional extent
Distributed in the Pearl River Mouth Basin area.
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Aquitanian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
23.04
Ending stage:
Burdigalian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
15.99
Depositional setting
Bathyal
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Based on diagram of Yang, J.X. Wang, X.J., et al. (2017, The role of fluid migration in the occurrence of shallow gas and gas hydrates in the south of the Pearl River Mouth Basin, South China Sea. In: Gas hydrates of South China Sea special volume of Interpretation, DOI:10.1190/INT-2016-0197.1); which, in turn, was modified from: Pang, X., C. M. Chen, D. J. Peng, D. Zhou, L. Sha, M. He, and B. J. Liu, 2008, Basic geology of Baiyun deep water area in the northern South China Sea (in Chinese): China Offshore Oil Gas, 20, 5–12.