Geologicheskii Vestnik

Single mountains Tratau, Shakhtau, Kushtau, Yuraktau located at the territory of “Toratau” Geopark near Sterlitamak town are composed of massive organogenic limestones. They represent fragments of huge paleo-reef system, which was formed 299–285 Ma in the Early (Preuralian) Permian epoch.

carbonate massif, Permian, natural monument, tubifi tes, Palaeoaplysina, foraminifera, secondary mineralization, tectonic fragmentation, oil pools

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