Mughalzhar Hills

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Mughalzhar Hills

region, Kazakhstan

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Kungurian Stage
In the Mughalzhar Hills (Kazakhstan) and southern Ural mountain regions (Russia), Kungurian deposits are primarily terrigenous (formed by erosion), consisting of red beds and lagoonal sediment types. Many different kinds of shallow marginal marine, evaporitic, and nonmarine strata were deposited here as lateral sedimentary facies to one…
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In the Mughalzhar Hills (Kazakhstan) and southern Ural mountain regions (Russia), Kungurian deposits are primarily terrigenous (formed by erosion), consisting of red beds and lagoonal sediment types. Many different kinds of shallow marginal marine, evaporitic, and nonmarine strata were deposited here as lateral sedimentary facies to one…
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Ural Mountains
The Mughalzhar Hills, themselves part of the Uralian orogenic belt, are a broad, arrowhead-shaped southern extension in northwestern Kazakhstan that form the divide between the Caspian and Aral basins. The north–south course of the Urals is relatively narrow, varying from about 20 to 90 miles (32…
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The Mughalzhar Hills, themselves part of the Uralian orogenic belt, are a broad, arrowhead-shaped southern extension in northwestern Kazakhstan that form the divide between the Caspian and Aral basins. The north–south course of the Urals is relatively narrow, varying from about 20 to 90 miles (32…
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