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Pakistan Stratigraphy

Basin

Kakar-Khurasan Basin (Back Arc)

1 province · 26 formations

This reference records 26 units across 1 province of the Kakar-Khurasan Basin (Back Arc), spanning 3 geological eras and most commonly conglomerate, limestone, sandstone.

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At a glance

26
units
1
province
3
eras
6
georeferenced
8
with fossils
23
type localities
5,000 m
max thickness
31
sources

Rock types

  • conglomerate (12)
  • limestone (7)
  • sandstone (6)
  • igneous rocks (1)

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

Fossils recorded

  • Miscellanea miscella
  • Other larger foraminifera
  • Algae
  • Dictyoconoides cooki
  • Pakitherium shagalai
  • Lepidocyclina dilatata
  • Nummulites fichteli
  • Nummulites intermedius
  • Nummulites vascus
  • Nummulites atacicus
  • Assilina granulosa
  • Assilina mamilla
  • Fasciolites borealis
  • Discocyclina undulata
  • Lepidocyclina blanfordi
  • Spiroclypeus sp.
  • Orbitoides
  • Orbitella
  • bivalves
  • brachiopods
  • gastropods
  • Lower Toarcian ammonites (Bouleiceras, Protogrammoceras); brachiopods, corals
  • molluscs

Provinces

1

Zhob-Muslim Bagh

26

Suture zone with obducted ophiolites

Stratigraphic column

The Kakar-Khurasan Basin (Back 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.

Kakar-Khurasan Basin (Back Arc) — stratigraphic column
  1. Bostan FormationQuaternary
  2. Sakhi Sarwar GroupQuaternary
  3. Haro Conglomerate FormationQuaternary
  4. Hinglaj FormationFossils recordedNeogene
  5. Dasht Murgha GroupNeogene
  6. Khuzhobai FormationNeogene
  7. Bahlol Nika FormationNeogene
  8. Sra Khula FormationNeogene
  9. Malthanai FormationNeogene
  10. Urak FormationNeogene
  11. Vihowa GroupPaleogene–Neogene
  12. Shaigalu MemberFossils recordedPaleogene–Neogene
  13. Nisai LimestoneFossils recordedPaleogene
  14. Mina FormationPaleogene
  15. Murgha Faqirzai FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  16. Shagala FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  17. Shagala GroupPaleogene
  18. Khojak FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  19. Muslim Bagh OphioliteCretaceous
  20. Akhtar Nika FormationCretaceous
  21. Jabrai FormationCretaceous
  22. Moro FormationFossils recordedCretaceous
  23. Malikhore FormationJurassic
  24. Takatu FormationJurassic
  25. Kharari FormationTriassic-Jurassic
  26. Shirinab FormationFossils recordedTriassic-Jurassic
Shale / mudConglomerateSandstoneLimestoneIgneousMarlFossils recordedContact 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.

Units in this basin

26

Quaternary2

Cenozoic16

Mesozoic8