Girarai Formation
Northern Indus Suture
Part of Bampokha Group
Cited in 1 source Last reviewed Jul 15, 2026
- Rank
- formation
- Status
- Under review
- Age
- Not recorded
- Named by
- Chaudhry et al. (1992)
- Type locality
- Not recorded
- Thickness
- Not recorded
- Lithology
- Not recorded
- Synonyms
- Not recorded
A formation of the Bampokha Group in the Lesser Himalaya.
Fossils
Not recorded
Contacts
Younger units lie above; older below. Linked names open that unit.
Distribution & setting
- Basin
- Northern Indus Suture
- Region
- Not recorded
- Depositional environment
- Not recorded
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
Correlation
Not recorded. Compare this unit against other basins on the correlation panel →
Economic significance
Not recorded
Remarks
A low-grade metasedimentary formation of the Bampokha Group in the Lesser Himalaya south of the Main Central Thrust.
Sources (1)
- Malkani, M.S. & Mahmood, Z. (2017). Stratigraphy of Pakistan. Geological Survey of Pakistan, Memoir Vol. 24.
Reviewer confidence: high
Every fact on this page is source-cited. This entry is part of the peer-archived Pakistan Stratigraphy Dataset (doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21363991, CC‑BY‑4.0).
Lexicon status: Appears in a single-author Geological Survey of Pakistan memoir (Malkani & Mahmood 2017), not cross-confirmed against the Shah lexicon. The Stratigraphic Committee of Pakistan is largely inactive, so documented provenance — not formal ratification — is the available signal.
Cite this unit
Qudsi, L. (2026). Girarai Formation. In Pakistan Stratigraphy Dataset [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21363991
@misc{stratigraphypk_giraraiformation,
author = {Qudsi, Lareb},
title = {{Girarai Formation} --- Pakistan Stratigraphy Dataset},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Zenodo},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.21363991},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21363991}
} Archived dataset: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21363991 (CC‑BY‑4.0) · Direct link to this entry: https://stratigraphy.pk/formation/girarai-formation (accessed October 29, 2026).
To cite the unit's original definition instead, see: Chaudhry et al. (1992).
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