Basin

Indo-Pakistan Shield (Precambrian Craton)

1 province · 20 formations

This reference records 20 units across 1 province of the Indo-Pakistan Shield (Precambrian Craton), spanning 1 geological era and most commonly metamorphic rocks, conglomerate, igneous rocks.

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At a glance

20
units: 1
province: 1
era: 10
georeferenced: 0
with fossils: 14
type localities: 3,000 m
max thickness: 11
sources

Rock types

metamorphic rocks (11)
conglomerate (5)
igneous rocks (2)
evaporite (2)

Based on the primary lithology recorded for each unit; some units span more than one rock type.

Provinces

Indo-Pakistan Shield

Stable cratonic shield with scattered inselberg exposures and Himalayan tectonic windows

Stratigraphic column

The Indo-Pakistan Shield (Precambrian Craton) 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.

Indo-Pakistan Shield (Precambrian Craton) — stratigraphic column

IgneousMetamorphicConglomerateContact not recorded

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.