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Chum Saeng Formation
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Chum Saeng Fm base reconstruction

Chum Saeng Fm


Period: 
Neogene

Age Interval: 
late-Early Miocene (6)


Province: 
Sibumasu: Central Plain

Type Locality and Naming

Phitsanulok Basin (northern Central Plain) 5th (upward) of 8 formations in the Phitsanulok Gr.

Synonym:

[Figure: Map showing the Tertiary basins of Thailand, with Phetchabun basin highlighted. The solid black lines onshore are the principal rivers draining Northern and Central Thailand and the Khorat Plateau (Morley and Racey, 2011, page 224).]


Lithology and Thickness

Lacustrine claystone and sandstone


Lithology Pattern: 
Sandy claystone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Overlies the Lan Krabu Fm

Upper contact

Overlain by the Pratu Tao Fm

Regional extent

Phitsanulok Basin (northern Central Plain) is the largest individual rift basin complex in Thailand. Sukhothai and Kamphaeng Phet provinces.


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

late-Early Miocene

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Burdigalian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.5

    Beginning date (Ma): 
18.22

    Ending stage: 
Langhian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0.0

    Ending date (Ma):  
15.99

Depositional setting

Lacustrine


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  
Wen Du - modified from Christopher K. Morley & Andrew Racey, 2011, Chapter 10 Tertiary stratigraphy in: Ridd, M.F., Barber, A.J., and Grow, M.J., editors, The Geology of Thailand, Geol. Soc. of London.; and Lexicon of Stratigraphic Names of Thailand of 2013.