Kharari Formation
Late Triassic (?) to Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian; ~201.36-196.18 Ma)
Triassic-Jurassic in the time scale →Cited in 3 sources Last reviewed Jul 17, 2026
- Rank
- formation
- Status
- Published
- Age
- Mesozoic · Triassic-Jurassic · Late Triassic (?) to Early JurassicLate Triassic (?) to Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian; ~201.36-196.18 Ma)
- Named by
- Fatmi et al. (1990), from Kharrari Nai (Mor Range), Windar area (previously in Hunting's 'Windar group'/'Zidi formation')
- Type locality
- Kharari Nai, Mor Range (35K/16
- Thickness
- 248-824 m
- Lithology
- Sandy limestone. Anwar et al. (1991) described the lithology to consist of limestone, dolomite, sandstone, siltstone and shale in the type locality. The sandstone is grey, light grey, purplish brown, weathering brownish grey, thin to medium bedded, fine to medium grained, well sorted, quartzose, micaceous, gritty, cross bedded, fragmentary and friable. The limestone is grey to brownish grey, weat…
- Synonyms
- Not recorded
Sandy limestone. Anwar et al. (1991) described the lithology to consist of limestone, dolomite, sandstone, siltstone and shale in the type locality. The sandstone is grey, light grey, purplish brown, weathering brownish grey, thin to medium bedded, fine to medium grained, well sorted, quartzose, micaceous, gritty, cross bedded, fragmentary and friable. The limestone is grey to brownish grey, weathering brown, laminated to thin bedded, flaggy, micritic and unfossiliferous. The siltstone is greenish grey to brownish grey and weathers brown. The shale is black to greenish grey, weathering browni…
Fossils
Not recorded
Contacts
Band colour = period; texture = dominant rock type. Lines between bands mark the contact type. True scale makes height ∝ recorded thickness; hatched = thickness not recorded. Ages approximate, for ordering.
This unit (highlighted) within its province column; faded ends continue above and below. Line style marks the contact type.
Distribution & setting
- Basin
- Not recorded
- Region
- Not recorded
- Depositional environment
- Not recorded
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
Correlation
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Economic significance
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Remarks
Not recorded
Sources (2)
- Indian Plate Lexicon (indplex.geolex.org), Geological Society of India and international compilation.
- Shah, S.M.I. (2009). Stratigraphy of Pakistan. Geological Survey of Pakistan, Memoir Vol. 22.
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: Name attested in the Shah (1977/2009) Geological Survey of Pakistan compilation — the national stratigraphic lexicon. This records where the name is documented; it is not an endorsement of the unit’s definition, age or figures.
Cite this unit
Qudsi, L. (2026). Kharari Formation. In Pakistan Stratigraphy Dataset [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21363991
@misc{stratigraphypk_kharariformation,
author = {Qudsi, Lareb},
title = {{Kharari 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/kharari-formation (accessed September 5, 2026).
To cite the unit's original definition instead, see: Fatmi et al. (1990), from Kharrari Nai (Mor Range), Windar area (previously in Hunting's 'Windar group'/'Zidi formation').
Related units
Referenced in other successions
Overlain by Malikhore Formation
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