Dibling Fm
Period:
Paleogene
Age Interval:
late Paleocene
Province:
NW Himalaya Zanskar-Spiti
Type Locality and Naming
Dibling village section (Spanboth Valley, Zanskar); Gaetani and Garzanti, 1991.
Lithology and Thickness
Silty marls, dark marly packstone to wackestone, calcite balls with wackestone. Thickness: 100 m thick
Lithology Pattern:
Pelagic marl
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Normal contact with underlying Stumpata Fm
Upper contact
Normal contact with overlying Chulung La Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Rotallids; Lockhartia sp., miliolids, Chrysalidinae; Daviesina anieli; Operculania sp., Ranikothalia Sp., Furcoporella diplopora; Daviesina langhami; D. khatiyahi, Ovulites margaritula etc
Age
Paleocene
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Danian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.5
Beginning date (Ma):
63.85
Ending stage:
Thanetian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.5
Ending date (Ma):
57.62
Depositional setting
Open shelf carbonate sequence
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Birendra P. Singh (2009; Chapter 5 in Dr. Raju's Indian Plate stratigraphy monograph; ONGC Bull. 44, no. 2)