Basin

Kohistan-Ladakh Magmatic Arc

1 province · 22 formations

This reference records 22 units across 1 province of the Kohistan-Ladakh Magmatic Arc, spanning 2 geological eras and most commonly metamorphic rocks, igneous rocks, evaporite.

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At a glance

22
units: 1
province: 2
eras: 7
georeferenced: 2
with fossils: 16
type localities: 9,000 m
max thickness: 25
sources

Rock types

metamorphic rocks (10)
igneous rocks (6)
evaporite (3)
conglomerate (2)

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

Fossils recorded

Orbitolina
Rudists (Hippurites)
Nummulites
Discocyclina
Actinocyclina

Provinces

Kohistan Arc

Oceanic island arc, inter-suture position

Stratigraphic column

The Kohistan-Ladakh 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.

Kohistan-Ladakh Magmatic Arc — stratigraphic column

MetamorphicIgneousShale / mudMixedLimestoneConglomerateFossils recordedContact not recordedIntrusiveConformable

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.