Poklokkale Pebbly Wacke Fm
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
Glacial Till and Claystone. Diamictites interbedded with massive and laminated mudstones and siltstones; the upper part is said by Mitchell et al. (2004) includes conglomerates with clasts of quartzite, mudstone, limestone, marble, biotite granite, sericite schist and rare pegmatite.
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Conformable with Kogwe Mudstone Fm
Upper contact
Unconformable with Moulmein Limestone Fm
Regional extent
This Fm is developed in Myanmar SE, Myanmar SE Peninsula. The Poklokkale Pebbly Wacke Fm with its diamictite intervals correlates with the Kankalin Fm east of Naypyidaw, with its ‘pebbly siltstones’ mapped by Bateson et al. (1972).
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Fossils
The upper part is said by Mitchell et al. (2004) to have yielded bryozoa and brachiopods.
Age
Depositional setting
Shallow water, freshwater environments.
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