Source provenance

Badshah, M.S., Gnos, E., Jan, M.Q. & Afridi, M.I. (2000). Stratigraphic and tectonic evolution of the northwestern Indian plate and Kabul Block. In: Khan, M.A., Treloar, P.J., Searle, M.P. & Jan, M.Q. (eds) Tectonics of the Nanga Parbat Syntaxis and the Western Himalaya. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170, 467-476.

Cited by 6 units (6 published) · 32 field-level citations · 5 revision notes.

A 1:500,000 compilation of the NW Pakistan-SE Afghanistan border region (Kurram, North & South Waziristan, Spinghar/Safed Koh; 31-34N, 69-71E). Proposes six new units with type sections in the Spinghar and South Waziristan: Daradar Dolomite (Siluro-Devonian), Spinghar Quartzite (Siluro-Devonian), Sikaram Series (Siluro-Devonian to Triassic), Makai Limestone (Cretaceous), Wana Schist (Palaeozoic) and Kaniguram Slate (Triassic). Also covers the Kabul-Altimur and Zhob-Waziristan-Khost ophiolites, the Katawaz Basin fill, and southward thrusting of the Spinghar crystalline basement (Spinghar nappe) over the Miocene Murree Formation.

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Units citing this source

• Paleozoic Daradar Dolomite Silurian–Devonian
  AgeLithologyDepositional environmentType localityEconomic importanceGeological significance
  • Geological significance: One of six lithostratigraphic units defined for the Spinghar / South Waziristan area (with Spinghar Quartzite, Sikaram Series, Makai Limestone, Wana Schist and Kaniguram Slate) in the tectonostratigraphic framework of the NW Indian plate and Kabul block (Badshah et al. 2000).
• Mesozoic Kaniguram Slate Triassic
  AgeLithologyDepositional environmentSynonymsType localityGeological significance
  • Lithology: Greenish-grey to black, fine-grained, intensely fractured, splintery, thin- to thick-bedded slates (Kaniguram Slate, Trk; Mesozoic) of the Spinghar / South Waziristan zone (Badshah et al. 2000).
• Mesozoic Makai Limestone Cretaceous
  AgeLithologyDepositional environmentType localityGeological significance
  • Geological significance: Formally described among the Spinghar / South Waziristan lithostratigraphic units of the NW Indian-plate margin (Badshah et al. 2000).
• Paleozoic Sikaram Series Silurian–Triassic
  AgeLithologyDepositional environmentType localityGeological significance
  • Geological significance: Formally described among the Spinghar / South Waziristan lithostratigraphic units of the NW Indian-plate margin (Badshah et al. 2000).
• Paleozoic Spinghar Quartzite Silurian–Devonian
  AgeLithologyDepositional environmentType localityGeological significance
• Paleozoic Wana Schist
  AgeLithologyDepositional environmentType localityGeological significance
  • Lithology: Medium- to thin-bedded greenish-grey and dark schists and phyllites covering a large area of the Spinghar / South Waziristan zone (Wana Schist, Pw; Badshah et al. 2000).