Английская Википедия:Gnishik Formation

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The Gnishik Formation is a geologic formation in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran. It preserves fossils dated to the Wordian age of the Permian period.[1]

The thin-bedded limestones of the formation reach a thickness of Шаблон:Convert in the Julfa section of northwestern Iran and Шаблон:Convert in the Arpa River valley of Armenia. The sediments were deposited in an open marine setting at the northern edge of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean.

The coral Wentzellophyllum gnishikense was named after the formation.

Description

The Gnishik Formation was first formally described by Arakelyan in 1964, based on a section in the Gnishik River valley, after which the formation was named. The formation is mostly represented by thin-bedded, occasionally shaly, dark grey and black bituminous foraminiferal-algal biodetrital limestones. The occasional admixture of clayey and terrigenous material colors the limestones light grey and yellowish. The thin-bedded layers alternate with coarser-bedded compact varieties.[2]

The open marine limestones of the formation reach a thickness of Шаблон:Convert in the Julfa section of northwestern Iran. In Iran, the formation overlies the Dorud Formation and is overlain by the Khachik Formation,[3] while in Armenia the formation rests on top of the Asni Formation and is overlain by the Arpa Formation.[4] The Gnishik Formation represents an increase in subsidence rate in the Permian.[3] The sediments were deposited at the northern edge of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean.

The formation is dated to the late Murgabian,[5] which belongs to the Wordian stage of the Middle Permian.[1] The Gnishik Formation is correlated with the Ruteh and Nesen Formations,[6] and the Kuffengian stage of Chinese chronostratigraphy.[7]

Fossil content

Among many others, the following fossils have been reported from the formation:[1]

Invertebrates

Trilobites
Cephalopods
Gastropods
Corals
Crinoids
Rhynchonellata
Strophomenata
Stenolaemata
Fusulinina
Foraminifera

Flora

Dasycladophyceae
Rhodophyceae

See also

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References

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Bibliography

Geology
Paleontology