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Toc Tat Formation
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Toc Tat Fm base reconstruction

Toc Tat Fm


Period: 
Devonian

Age Interval: 
Late Devonian, D3fm, (2, 3, 8, 9, 10)


Province: 
West Bac Bo, East Bac Bo

Type Locality and Naming

Middle formation of the Trang Khang Gr. In both East and West Bac Bo. Holostratotype: Toc Tat Section extending along the trail from Ban Ngan Village irough the Toe Tat Manganese Mine to Height 100, Tra Linh District, Cao Bang Provincec(N= 22°49; E= I06°23). Pham Dinh Long et al. (1973).

Synonym: Calcaires Griottes (Variegated limestone). Điệp Tổc Tát: Phạm Đình Long 1973, 1974, 1975 (D1 fr); Dương Xuân Hảo et al. 1973 (part., Dị fr), 1975 (Djfr), 1980 (D3-C1); Đặng Trần Huyên 197Ố (Djfr-fm); Trần Vẫn Trị et al. 1977 (part., Dj); Tống Duy Thanh 1979 (D3fr?-fm), 1980 (Djfr); Tống Duy Thanh et al. 1986, 1988 (part., D3); Vũ Khúc, Bùi Phú Mỹ et al 1990 (part. D3); Trần Đức Lương, Nguyễn Xuân Bao 1994 (part. Dj). Séríe de Ma Pi Leun (part.): Deprat J. 1915 (Gothlandìen).

Calcaires gríotles: BourretR. 1922 (D3). - Famennien: Saurin E. 1956 (đá hoa vân đỏ). Các bậc Eifel - Civet: Vasiievskaia E.D. (in Dovjikov A.E. et al. 1965). Điệp Bản Cài: Nguyễn Xuân Bao et al. 1969 (Dígv); Nguyễn Xuân Bao 1970 (D3); Nguyễn Vĩnh et al 1972 (D2gv); Dương Xuân Hảo et al. 1975 (E> 2gv?-D3fr); Phan Cự Tiến, Nguyễn Vĩnh 1977 (part., D2gv-D3), Tổng Duy Thanh 1979 (part, D1); Dưong Xuân Hảo et al 1980 (Dr C0; Đoàn Nhật Trường 1980,1984 (Djfr- c lt) Hệ tầng Bản Cài: Nguyễn Văn Liêm 1985 (part., D3fr- Cit); Tống Duy Thanh et al. 1986, ,1988 (part., D3fr- fm); Ta Hoa Phuong, Weyant M. 1994 (D3fr-fm). Trầm tích Devon muộn (part.): Lê Văn Đệ, Nguyễn Thơm 1974 (đá vôi vân đỏ). Điệp Mã Pì Lèng: Hoàng Xuân Tình et al. 1976 (D3). Hệ Devon thống trên: Đinh Minh Mộng et al. 1976. Các trầm tích Giveti Đevon trên (part.): Nguyễn Vĩnh 1977. Các trầm tích Devon thượng (part.): Trần Văn Trị el al. 1977. Đá vôi chứa quặng mangan Cao Bằng-. Nguyễn Đóa, Nguyễn Đình Hồng 1977 (D3fm- C1t). Nguyễn Đình Hồng 1979 (D3fm?, D3fm- Qt?, C1t?x Phạm Kim Ngân 1984 (D3fm). Tầng đá vôi văn đỏ dạng dài: Đặng Trần Huyên 1979 (D3). Tốc Tảt Fm: Paris F„ Ta Hoa Phuong, Baudu-Suire 1993 (D1), Tống Dzuy Thanh 1993 (part.) (D3), Ta Hoa Phuong 1994 (part.) (D2gv-D3fm); Hệ tầng Tốc Tát: Lê Văn Giang, Tạ Hoà Phương 1999 (D1); Tạ Hoà Phương 2000 (D3fm- C1t); Vũ Khúc et al. 2000 (D1fm- C1t)


Lithology and Thickness

Limestone: Sequence of the stratotype (260-280 m total thickness) is as follows. (1). Variegated (violet-red, brown-red, greenish-grey), dark brown weathering, banded, very thin-bedded (some mm to some cm) limestone intcrbcdded with cherty clay shale and clayey limestone, locally with greenish-grey to dark grey clayey limestone lenses, 30-50 m thick. (2). Greenish-grey, brown-grey weathering, banded, thicker-bedded (1-5 cm) limestone interbedded with clayey limestone and cherty marl, 80 m thick. (3). Greyish to pinkish-grey, medium-bedded (20-60 cm) limestone with interbeds of grey limestone, about 80 m thick. (4). Manganese ore seam at the base (10-170 cm thick, in average 70-80 cm), which is relatively stable along strike, grading upwards into greyish, pinkish, thin- to medium-bedded, weakly recrystallized limestone, locally interbedded with darker-colored limestone, 70 m thick. The total thickness of the formation in this section reaches about 260-280 m. Variegated limestone, which is characteristic for the Upper Devonian, but its lithology can vary in space. It usually occurs in narrow bands as the uppermost part of the section in all distribution areas of the Devonian.

[Figure: Tốc Tát Fm: Lithology of Griotte limestone (images courtesy of Prof. Ta Hoa Phuong, Vietnam Natl. Univ. Hanoi)]


Lithology Pattern: 
Limestone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

In both the Ha Lang area (East Bac Bo) and the Van Yen area (West Bac Bo), the Toe Tat Fm rests conformably upon the Bang Ca Fm.

Upper contact

In the Ha Lang area (East Bac Bo), it is covered unconformably by the Lung Nam Fm. In the Van Yen area (West Bac Bo) it is overlain by the Da Nieng Fm.

Regional extent

In East Bac Bo it occurs in the Trung Khanh District (Cao Bang Province), and in the Dong Van Plateau (Ha Giang Province). In West Bac Bo, it is exposed in narrow bands in the lower course of the Da River (in the Van Yen area, Son La Province.


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Fossils

The full list of these faunas collected from above areas includes the foraminifera Quasiendothyra ex gr. communis, Archaesphaera ex gr. minima, A. ex gr. granáis, Parathurammina ex gr, suleimanovi, P. cf. stellata, Bisphaera ex gr. compressa, Plectogyra sp., Earlandia sp., and Endothyranopsis ? sp.; the conodonts Palmatolepis quadrantinodosa, Pa. Marginifera, Pa. glabra glabra, Pa. glabra pectinata, Pa. perlobata perlobata, Pa. rhomboidea, Pa. gracilis, Pa. rugosa ampia, Pa. helmsi, Pa. tenuipunctata, Pa. glabra sigmoidalis, Pa. minuta minuta, Pa. póstera, Pa. delicatula, Pa. subrecta, Pa. triangularis, Pa. cf. regularis, Polygnathys ex gr. procera, Pol. cf. extralobatus, Pol. glaber glaber, Pol. glabra glabra, Spathognathodus ex gr. striogosus, S. inornatus, S. stabilis, S. amplus, Ozarkodina homoarcuata, O. cf. elegans, Ligonodina monodentata, Triodellus robustus, Argulodus sp., Roundya sp., Prioniodina sp., Diplododella sp., Drepanodus sp., Hindeodella sp., Neoprioniodus sp., Ancyrodella nodosa, and Siphonodella sinensis.

[Figure: Tốc Tát Fm: Conodont species (images courtesy of Prof. Ta Hoa Phuong, Vietnam Natl. Univ. Hanoi)]

[Figure: Tốc Tát Fm: F/F boundary Dong Van geological section at Si Phai pass (images courtesy of Prof. Ta Hoa Phuong, Vietnam Natl. Univ. Hanoi)]


Age 

Late Devonian (Frasnian-Famennian) indicated by the fossils. In both East and West Back Bo, the top boundary corresponds to the Devonian-Carboniferous bounday.

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Frasnian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.5

    Beginning date (Ma): 
375.00

    Ending stage: 
Famennian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
1.0

    Ending date (Ma):  
359.30

Depositional setting


Depositional pattern:  

Additional Information


Compiler:  

Tran Van Tri and Vu Khuc (Editors; Geology and Earth Resources of Viet Nam, General Dept. of Geology and Minerals of Viet Nam; completed in Dec., 2011), with additional details from Tong-Dzuy Thanh and Vu Khuc (Editors; Stratigraphic Units of Viet Nam, 2nd edition; 2011; English edited by A. Boucot).