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In Northeastern Tajikistan (Peter I Ridge), we have studied the foraminifer complex in the sulfatecarbonate deposits of the Shikerga Member, previously regarded as Jurassic. According to the data obtained, the age of the Shikerga Member is considered to be Paleocene. An analysis of the faunal remnants and rock composition makes it possible to suggest that an intracontinental basin existed in the studied area in the Paleocene. Sometimes, waters of the Tethys Ocean, settled by planktonic and thermophilic benthic foraminifera, penetrated into the Tajik Depression.
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Original Russian Text © E.M. Bugrova, D.A. Starshinin, 2013, published in Stratigrafiya. Geologicheskaya Korrelyatsiya, 2013, Vol. 21, No. 6, pp. 88–96.
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Bugrova, E.M., Starshinin, D.A. New data on development of the northeastern part of the Tajik Depression in Early Paleogene. Stratigr. Geol. Correl. 21, 652–659 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0869593813050031
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