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Kanbala Formation
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Kanbala Fm base reconstruction

Kanbala Fm

Period: 
Paleogene

Age Interval: 
Middle Eocene


Province: 
Myanmar Central Basins

Type Locality and Naming

Irrawaddy River Delta, Outcrops exposed along the eastern foothills of the Rakhine-Yoma consist of molasse sediments. [Original Publication: Barber, A. J., Khin Zaw & Crow, M. J. (eds) 2017. Myanmar: Geology, Resources and Tectonics. Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 48, 219–260]

[Figure: Map showing location of sub-basins of the Central Myanmar Basin (after Myint Thein and M. Maung 2017)]


Lithology and Thickness

Claystone. Dark brown carbonaceous shale, lignite, coal and limestone beds.


Lithology Pattern: 
Claystone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Conformable with Mawdin Fm

Upper contact

Overlain conformably by the Taunggale Fm

Regional extent

It is developed in Irrawaddy River Delta.

[Figure: a) Composite stratigraphic correlation of Myanmar Central Basins (after Than et al., 2017)]


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Middle Eocene

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Lutetian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
48.07

    Ending stage: 
Lutetian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
1.0

    Ending date (Ma):  
41.03

Depositional setting

Shallow-marine environment.


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  

Than Htut, Kapesa Lokho, D.S.N.Raju and Ravi Misra (Than Htut, Myanmar petroleum systems, including the offshore area, Chapter 11 in Barber, A. J., Khin Zaw & Crow, M. J. (eds) 2017. Myanmar: Geology, Resources and Tectonics. Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 48, 219–260)