Atali Quartzarenite Fm
Period:
Carboniferous
Age Interval:
late Carboniferous
Province:
Nepal Tethyan Himalaya
Lithology and Thickness
Sandstone. 100-m thick quartzarenite unit.
Lithology Pattern:
Sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Follows a major hiatus in Dolpo region. Overlies lowest Carboniferous Tilcho Lake Fm
Upper contact
Disconformity, overlain by Puchenpra Fm
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Bashkirian-Moscovian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.5
Beginning date (Ma):
319.28
Ending stage:
Moscovian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.5
Ending date (Ma):
311.09
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Extracted from Garzanti (1999, "Stratigraphy and sedimentary history of the Nepal Tethys Himalaya passive margin", Jour. Asian Earth Sci., 17: 805-827]