Voronka Formation
General info
Belongs to
Type lithostratigraphy
Rank Formation
Scope regional
Status formal standard
Author Mens, K.
Year 1971
Age (Ma)
Index
Evr
Alt. index
V2vr, Vvr
Date added 2012-10-16
Date changed 2022-11-14
NumberNameLocalityDepth (m)StratigraphyImage
GIT 414-419 Sandstone Illuka 81 K-5 borehole 209.2 Vendian
GIT 414-415 sedimentary rocks Voronka river, Leningrad Oblast Kotlin Stage
GIT 414-414 sedimentary rocks Voronka river, Leningrad Oblast Kotlin Stage
GIT 416-157 sedimentary rocks Kunda quarry borehole 90.44 Kotlin Stage
GIT 416-156 sedimentary rocks Kunda quarry borehole 89.8 Kotlin Stage
GIT 416-155 sedimentary rocks Kunda quarry borehole 89.35 Kotlin Stage
GIT 416-154 siliciclastic rocks Kunda quarry borehole 88.57 Kotlin Stage
GIT 416-153 sedimentary rocks Kunda quarry borehole 87.7 Kotlin Stage
GIT 416-152 Sandstone Kunda quarry borehole 80.82 Kotlin Stage
GIT 416-151 sedimentary rocks Kunda quarry borehole 78.63 Kotlin Stage
GIT 416-150 Sandstone Kunda quarry borehole 75.09 Kotlin Stage
GIT 416-149 Sandstone Kunda quarry borehole 74.75 Kotlin Stage
GIT 418-412 siliciclastic rocks Kostovo 13 borehole, Leningrad Oblast 245.3 Vendian
GIT 417-1196 sedimentary rocks Vaki 66 borehole 390.6 Vendian
GIT 417-1195 sedimentary rocks Vaki 66 borehole 385 Vendian
GIT 417-1194 sedimentary rocks Vaki 66 borehole 370.2 Vendian
GIT 417-799 sedimentary rocks Laeva 18 borehole 424.4 Vendian
GIT 417-798 sedimentary rocks Laeva 18 borehole 424.5 Vendian
GIT 417-781 sedimentary rocks Põlva 423 borehole 507 Vendian
GIT 417-752 sedimentary rocks Palamuse borehole 387.95 Vendian
GIT 417-750 sedimentary rocks Palamuse borehole 387.9 Vendian
GIT 417-749 Siltstone Palamuse borehole 388.7 Vendian
GIT 417-748 sedimentary rocks Palamuse borehole 389.55 Vendian
GIT 417-649 Siltstone Rannapungerja 76 borehole 243.85 Vendian
GIT 417-648 sedimentary rocks Rannapungerja 76 borehole 244.1 Vendian
Description

From Mens, K., & Pirrus, E. (1997):

The Voronka Formation was established by Mens and Pirrus (1971). Earlier, this part of the sequence was treated as two lower units of the post-Laminarites Sandstone or as the lower and middle parts of the Lomonossov Formation (Mardla et al. 1968). The type section of the formation is an outcrop on the lower reaches of the Voronka River, Russia (Mens & Pirrus 1971). Beyond the stratotype area, the formation is of subsurface occurrence being known in eastern and northern Estonia and in eastern Latvia. The Meriküla drill core in the interval of 90–109 m serves as a hypostratotype for the Voronka Formation (Mens & Pirrus 1980). The formation occurs between the overlying Lontova Formation and the weathering crust of the underlying Kotlin Formation (Mens & Pirrus 1969, 1970). In Estonia, the thickness of the formation ranges from 10 to 40 m. The Voronka Formation consists of variable siliciclastic rocks and represents a single upwards coarsening cycle from argillaceous rocks to well-sorted sandstones. The lower boundary of the formation is drawn on the basis of the change in colour. Based on lithological evidence, the formation is divided into the Sirgala and Kannuka members.