Khanza Chaung Granodiorite Fm
Period:
Cretaceous
Age Interval:
Mid-cretaceous
Province:
Myanmar Central Basins
Type Locality and Naming
Central Volcanic Line (Upper Irrawaddy Province), Salingyi area to the south. [Original Publication: Barber, A. J., Khin Zaw & Crow, M. J. (eds) 2017. Myanmar: Geology, Resources and Tectonics. Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 48, 143–167]
[Figure: Map showing location of sub-basins of the Central Myanmar Basin (after Myint Thein and M. Maung 2017)]
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Lithology and Thickness
Granodioritic to tonalitic plutons and Batholiths.
Lithology Pattern:
Granitic
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Conformable with Yebokson Granodiorites Fm
Upper contact
Conformable with Mawgyi Andesites Fm
Regional extent
It is developed in Upper Irrawaddy Province
[Figure: a) Composite stratigraphic correlation of Myanmar Central Basins (after Than et al., 2017)]
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GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Mid-cretaceous
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Turonian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.5
Beginning date (Ma):
91.65
Ending stage:
Turonian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
89.39
Depositional setting
Marine
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Naing Maw Than, Kyi Khin and Myint Thein (Than et al., Cretaceous geology of Myanmar and Cenozoic geology in the Central Myanmar Basin, Chapter 7 in Barber, A. J., Khin Zaw & Crow, M. J. (eds) 2017. Myanmar: Geology, Resources and Tectonics. Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 48, 143–167)