Kogwe Mudstone Fm
Period:
Permian
Age Interval:
Early Permian
Province:
Myanmar SE, Myanmar SE Peninsula
Type Locality and Naming
Karen–Tenasserim Unit - North, Karen–Tenasserim Unit - South (Phuket Terrain), area of the Modi Taung gold deposits. [Original Publication: Barber, A. J., Khin Zaw & Crow, M. J. (eds) 2017. Myanmar: Geology, Resources and Tectonics. Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 48, 317-342]
Lithology and Thickness
Claystone. Massive to laminated and locally calcareous mudstones and siltstones with soft-sediment deformation structures, interbedded quartzose sandstones and rare thin limestones.
Lithology Pattern:
Claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Conformable with Taungnyo Fm
Upper contact
Conformable with Poklokkale Pebbly Wacke Fm
Regional extent
This Fm is developed in Myanmar SE, Myanmar SE Peninsula.
GeoJSON
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Fossils
No fossil evidence.
Age
Early Permian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Asselian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
298.89
Ending stage:
Asselian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
293.52
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Michael F. Ridd (Michael F. Ridd, Karen–Tenasserim Unit Chapter 16 in Barber, A. J., Khin Zaw & Crow, M. J. (eds) 2017. Myanmar: Geology, Resources and Tectonics. Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 48, 365-384).