{
  "dataset": "Pakistan Stratigraphy Explorer — Western Indus Suture",
  "basin": "Western Indus Suture",
  "provinces": [
    "Bela-Khuzdar"
  ],
  "source": "https://stratigraphy.pk",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "generated": "2026-10-29",
  "count": 2,
  "units": [
    {
      "id": "bela-ophiolite",
      "name": "Bela Ophiolite",
      "url": "https://stratigraphy.pk/formation/bela-ophiolite",
      "rank": "",
      "status": "published",
      "era": "Mesozoic",
      "period": "Cretaceous",
      "epoch": "Late Cretaceous",
      "age": "Late Cretaceous",
      "introducedBy": "",
      "typeLocality": "Bela ophiolite-and-thrust belt, Lasbela",
      "coordinates": "26.2268, 66.3113",
      "lat": 26.2268,
      "lng": 66.3113,
      "thickness": "3000+ m",
      "lithology": "Ultrabasic, basic and intermediate rocks — altered pyroxenite and serpentinized peridotite — with rare granite (only as conglomerate pebbles).",
      "lithologyType": "igneous",
      "environment": "ophiolite, oceanic",
      "basin": "",
      "region": "",
      "provinces": "Bela-Khuzdar",
      "fossils": "",
      "synonyms": "",
      "economic": "The serpentinized ultramafics host chromite (with associated manganese), in the Bela ophiolite belt.",
      "economicResources": "Metals & minerals",
      "overlies": "Indian plate margin",
      "underlies": "Tertiary sediments",
      "lowerContact": "",
      "upperContact": "",
      "references": 8
    },
    {
      "id": "pab-sandstone",
      "name": "Pab Sandstone",
      "url": "https://stratigraphy.pk/formation/pab-sandstone",
      "rank": "",
      "status": "published",
      "era": "Mesozoic",
      "period": "Cretaceous",
      "epoch": "Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)",
      "age": "Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)",
      "introducedBy": "Vredenburg (1909)",
      "typeLocality": "West of Wirahab Nai, Pab Range",
      "coordinates": "25.5200, 67.0053",
      "lat": 25.52,
      "lng": 67.0053,
      "thickness": "240–1,000 m (490 m at the Pab Range type section)",
      "lithology": "White, cream or brown, thick-bedded to massive, cross-bedded, medium- to coarse-grained quartzose sandstone with subordinate argillaceous limestone and shale.",
      "lithologyType": "sandstone",
      "environment": "marginal marine, deltaic",
      "basin": "",
      "region": "",
      "provinces": "Sulaiman Fold Belt; Kirthar Range; Bela-Khuzdar",
      "fossils": "Bivalves; Gastropods; Trace fossils",
      "synonyms": "",
      "economic": "A major quartzose-sandstone hydrocarbon reservoir in the Lower Indus Basin.",
      "economicResources": "Reservoir",
      "overlies": "Fort Munro Formation",
      "underlies": "Moro Formation",
      "lowerContact": "",
      "upperContact": "",
      "references": 14
    }
  ]
}