Stumpata Fm
Period:
Paleogene
Age Interval:
early Paleocene
Province:
NW Himalaya Zanskar-Spiti
Type Locality and Naming
Name derived from Stumpata village, Zanskar Range
Lithology and Thickness
White, brown-weathered quartz arenite, increasing in thickness towards the East. Thickness: 10-12 m.
Lithology Pattern:
Sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Normal contact with Marpo Fm
Upper contact
Normal contact with overlying Dibling Fm (Gaetani and Garzanti, 1991)
Regional extent
GeoJSON
null
Fossils
Devoid of fauna
Age
Constrained by conformable contacts with underlying/overlying strata.
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Danian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
66.04
Ending stage:
Danian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.5
Ending date (Ma):
63.85
Depositional setting
Transition zone, mouth bar deposits of a fluvial dominated delta
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Birendra P. Singh (2009; Chapter 5 in Dr. Raju's Indian Plate stratigraphy monograph; ONGC Bull. 44, no. 2)