Paleozoic formation In GSP lexicon

Naran Formation

Early Paleozoic

Northern Indus Suture · Hazara Sub-Basin

Cited in 5 sources Last reviewed Jul 30, 2026

Unit summary

Rank: formation
Status: Under review
Age: PaleozoicEarly Paleozoic
Named by: Greco et al. (1989)
Type locality: Naran area, Upper Kaghan valley34.9042°N, 73.6586°E
Thickness: Not recorded
Lithology: Metapelitic to metagreywacke gneiss.
Synonyms: Not recorded

A Lower Paleozoic metamorphic cover unit of the Naran area in the Upper Kaghan valley.

Fossils

Not recorded

Contacts

In the Hazara Basin column

LimestoneMetamorphicFossils recordedConformableUnconformity

Band colour = period; texture = dominant rock type. Lines between bands mark the contact type (wavy = unconformity inferred from a missing period). 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

Hazara Basin

Basin: Northern Indus Suture
Region: Hazara Sub-Basin
Depositional environment: Not recorded
Coordinates: 34.9042°N, 73.6586°E

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Correlation

Not recorded. Compare this unit against other basins on the correlation panel →

Economic significance

Not recorded

Remarks

The Lower Paleozoic cover sequence of the Sharda Group basement in the Upper Kaghan/Naran area (Greco et al., 1989); part of the inverted-metamorphic Kaghan nappe pile.

Sources (4)

Malkani, M.S. & Mahmood, Z. (2017). Stratigraphy of Pakistan. Geological Survey of Pakistan, Memoir Vol. 24.
Kazmi, A.H. & Jan, M.Q. (1997). Geology and Tectonics of Pakistan. Graphic Publishers, Karachi.
OpenStreetMap contributors and GEOnet Names Server (public geographic gazetteers), used to geolocate named GSP type localities to approximate decimal coordinates.
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

APA

Qudsi, L. (2026). Naran Formation. In Pakistan Stratigraphy Dataset [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21363991

BibTeX

@misc{stratigraphypk_naranformation,
  author    = {Qudsi, Lareb},
  title     = {{Naran 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/naran-formation (accessed September 5, 2026).

To cite the unit's original definition instead, see: Greco et al. (1989).