Basin
Chagai-Raskoh Magmatic Arc
1 province · 10 formations
This reference records 10 units across 1 province of the Chagai-Raskoh Magmatic Arc, spanning 3 geological eras and most commonly conglomerate, evaporite, igneous rocks.
At a glance
- 10
- units
- 1
- province
- 3
- eras
- 3
- georeferenced
- 7
- with fossils
- 10
- type localities
- 1,600 m
- max thickness
- 19
- sources
Rock types
- conglomerate (4)
- evaporite (3)
- igneous rocks (1)
- sandstone (1)
- limestone (1)
Based on the primary lithology recorded for each unit; some units span more than one rock type.
Fossils recorded
- Algae
- Foraminifera
- Corals (in limestone interbeds)
- Hippurites loftusi
- Lepidorbitoides socialis
- Orbitoides sp.
- Omphalocyclus sp.
- Miscellanea miscella
- Other larger foraminifera
- Assilina dandotica
- Assilina exponens
- Fasciolites oblonga
- Linderina brugesi
- Opertorbitolites douvillei
- Echinolampas nummulitica
- Velates perversus
- Alveolina vredenburgi
- Flosculina globosa
- Saudia labyrinthica
- Lepidocyclina dilatata
- Nummulites fichteli
- Nummulites intermedius
- Nummulites vascus
- Nummulites atacicus
+5 more across the Chagai-Raskoh Magmatic Arc units.
Provinces
1Stratigraphic column
The Chagai-Raskoh Magmatic Arc units placed in age order (units without a resolvable age are omitted). Toggle readable vs true-scale, and use Download to export any section as SVG or PNG for a figure.
Which part?
Band colour = period; texture = dominant rock type. Lines between bands mark the contact type; dotted = no contact recorded in the sources (not a claim of conformity). True scale makes height ∝ recorded thickness; hatched = thickness not recorded. Ages approximate, for ordering.