Mae Taeng Fm
Period:
Quaternary
Age Interval:
Late Miocene-Pliocene (8)
Province:
NW Thailand – Inthanon Zone
Type Locality and Naming
Li Basin (NW Thailand, Inthanon Zone), Lamphun province. Type locality: Mae Taeng district, Chiang Mai province by Piyasin (1972). (Unnamed in Li Basin, so this name is projected from the northern en echelon Chiang Mai basin).
Synonym: กลุม่หินแม่แตง, Mae Taeng Gr
[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).]
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Lithology and Thickness
Sand, gravel, cobbles and boulders. Thickness: Not mentioned.
Lithology Pattern:
Coarse-grained sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Unconformable onto Mae Long Fm of lacustrine and coal deposits
Upper contact
Pleistocene conglomerate
Regional extent
Lamphun and Chiang Mai provinces.
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Late Miocene-Pliocene
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Tortonian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
11.63
Ending stage:
Gelasian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.0
Ending date (Ma):
2.58
Depositional setting
Alluvial
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Wen Du - modified from- Lexicon of Stratigraphic Names of Thailand of 2013.