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  1. Abdullah, A., Mohibullah, M., Kasi, A.K., Alam, S.U. & Haq, E.U. (2023). Microfacies and Depositional Settings of the Eocene Nisai Formation, Pishin Belt, Pakistan. Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences, 56(1), 11-32.

  2. Afrasiab, Nazir-ur-Rehman, Shah, A.H., Rehman, A., Anees, S.A., Rehan, S., Mehmood, K. & Zaman, I. (2024). Petrographic Analysis and physico-mechanical Properties of Nikanai Ghar Formation, Swabi, North-western Pakistan. Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences, 57(2), 94-113.

  3. Afzal, J., Williams, M. & Aldridge, R.J. (2009). Revised stratigraphy of the lower Cenozoic succession of the Greater Indus Basin in Pakistan. Journal of Micropalaeontology, 28(1): 7-23.

  4. Ahmad, I., Jan, M.Q. & Jehan, N. (2005). Metamorphic mineral assemblages south of the Malakand and adjoining areas, northern Pakistan. Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 38, 139-148.

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  5. Ahmad, S. & Ghazi, S. (2022). Depositional trends and reservoir geometries of the Early Cretaceous Lower Goru Formation in Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan: evidence from sequence stratigraphy. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, 12, 2377-2399.

  6. Ahmad, S., Ahmad, I. & Khan, M.I. (2005). Structure and Stratigraphy of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic Sequence in the Vicinity of Zaluch Nala, Western Salt Range, Punjab Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Hydrocarbon Research, 15, 1-8.

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  7. Ahmad, S., Ali, F., Rehman, N. & Gul, J. (2000). Lithostratigraphy of the Kurram Group along the Mirali-Miran Shah Road, North Waziristan Agency, NWFP, Pakistan. Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 33, 79-86.

  8. Ahmad, S., Kroon, D., Rigby, S. & Khan, S. (2016). Paleogene Nummulitid biostratigraphy of the Kohat and Potwar Basins in north-western Pakistan with implications for the timing of the closure of eastern Tethys and uplift of the western Himalayas. Stratigraphy, 13(4), 277-301.

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  9. Ahmad, S., Wadood, B., Khan, S., Ullah, A., Mustafa, G., Hanif, M. & Ullah, H. (2020). The sedimentological and stratigraphical analysis of the Paleocene to Early Eocene Dungan Formation, Kirthar Fold and Thrust Belt, Pakistan: implications for reservoir potential. Journal of Sedimentary Environments, 5, 477-503.

  10. Ahmad, S.A. & Chaudhary, M.N. (2007). Geochemical characterization and origin of the Karai gabbro from the Neoproterozoic Nagarparkar Complex, Pakistan. Geological Bulletin of the Punjab University, 42, 1-14.

  11. Ahmad, T., Jan, M.Q. & Drüppel, K. (2025). Geology of the central Kohistan Arc, Northern Swat, Kalam (NW Pakistan): results of a new 1:50,000 scale geological mapping. Journal of Maps, 21(1), 2572765.

  12. Ahmed, S., Mertmann, D. & Manutsoglu, E. (1997). Jurassic shelf sedimentation and sequence stratigraphy of the Surghar Range, Pakistan. Journal of Nepal Geological Society, 15, 15-22.

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  13. Ahmedani, S.B., Agheem, M.H., Hakro, A.A.A.D., Halepoto, A.A., Lashari, R.A. & Thebo, G.M. (2024). Integrated Petrographical, Mineralogical, and Geochemical Investigation to Evaluate Diagenesis of Sandstone: A Case Study of the Oligocene Nari Formation from Southern Kirthar Range, Pakistan. Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences, 57(1), 1-22.

  14. Ahmedani, S.B., Hakro, A.A.A.D., Mastoi, A.S., Halepoto, A.A., Sahito, A.G., Akhtar, S. & Lashari, R.A. (2025). Clastic Source and Depositional Environment of Mixed Carbonate-Clastic Sequences in the Oligocene Nari Formation from the Hundi Anticline, Karachi Embayment, Indus Basin, Pakistan. Earth Sciences Research Journal, 29(2), 149-167.

  15. Akhtar, S., Rahim, Y., Hu, B., Tsang, H., Ibrar, K.M., Ullah, M.F. & Bute, S.I. (2019). Stratigraphy and Structure of Dhamtaur Area, District Abbottabad, Eastern Hazara, Pakistan. Open Journal of Geology, 9(1), 57-66.

  16. Alam, M., Ali, H., Hussain, I., Hussain, Z., Azam, M., Baig, S.S., Qureshi, J.A. & Khan, H. (2024). Petrographical and geochemical constraints on the origin of the igneous intrusions in Gilgit Metamorphic Complex, northern Kohistan Island Arc (Pakistan): Implications for Petrogenesis, magma evolution and tectonic setting. Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences, 57(1), 79-95.

  17. Alam, S.U., Mohibullah, M., Kasi, A.K., Abdullah, A., Hussain, T.M. & Thebo, G.M. (2023). Microfacies analysis, Depositional Environment and Biostratigraphy of the Early Eocene Dungan Formation, Kohlu area Balochistan, Pakistan. Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences, 56(2), 89-104.

  18. Ali, F., Haneef, M., Anjum, M.N., Hanif, M. & Khan, S. (2013). Microfacies analysis and sequence stratigraphic modeling of the Samana Suk Formation, Chichali Nala, Trans Indus Ranges, Punjab, Pakistan. Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences, 46(1), 41-53.

  19. Ali, H.M.Z., Zubair, M.I., Ali, H., Akbar, G. & Awan, A.A. (2021). Geology, geochemistry and petrographic studies of exposed rock units from Zhob and Qila Saifullah districts of Balochistan. Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, Series A: Physical Sciences, 64A(3), 240-246.

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  20. Ali, S.K., Janjuhah, H.T., Shahzad, S.M., Kontakiotis, G., Saleem, M.H., Khan, U., Zarkogiannis, S.D., Makri, P. & Antonarakou, A. (2021). Depositional Sedimentary Facies, Stratigraphic Control, Paleoecological Constraints, and Paleogeographic Reconstruction of Late Permian Chhidru Formation (Western Salt Range, Pakistan). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 9(12), 1372.

  21. Anczkiewicz, R., Burg, J.-P., Hussain, S.S., Dawood, H., Ghazanfar, M. & Chaudhry, M.N. (1998). Stratigraphy and structure of the Indus Suture in the Lower Swat, Pakistan, NW Himalaya. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 16(2-3), 225-238.

  22. Angiolini, L. (2001). Permian Brachiopods from Karakorum (Pakistan). Part 3. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 107(3), 307-344.

  23. Angiolini, L., Brunton, H. & Zanchi, A. (1999). Late Carboniferous Brachiopods from Karakorum, Pakistan. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 105(1), 3-22.

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  24. Ashraf, M. & Chaudhry, M.N. (1974). Geology of Dadar pegmatites, Mansehra area, Hazara District, Pakistan. Geological Bulletin of the Punjab University, 10, 59-66.

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  25. Ashraf, M. & Chaudhry, M.N. (1974). Quartz, quartz-ilmenite and quartz-kyanite veins in the Mansehra-Batgram area of Hazara District. Geological Bulletin of the Punjab University, 10, 67-72.

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  26. Ashraf, M., Nizami, A.R. & Butt, A.A. (2010). Petrographic and biostratigraphic studies on sedimentary sequences of Multanai area, Pishin Basin, Balochistan, Pakistan. Geological Bulletin of the Punjab University, 45, 25-36.

  27. Ashraf, M., Qureshi, M.W. & Faruqi, F.A. (1972). Mineralogy of serpentinite from Tleri Muhammad Jan area, north of Hindubagh, Zhob District, Baluchistan, Pakistan. Geological Bulletin of the Punjab University, 9, 29-36.

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  28. Asim, S., Qureshi, S.N., Asif, S.K., Abbasi, S.A., Solangi, S. & Mirza, M.Q. (2014). Structural and Stratigraphical Correlation of Seismic Profiles between Drigri Anticline and Bahawalpur High in Central Indus Basin of Pakistan. International Journal of Geosciences, 5(11), 1231-1240.

  29. Badgley, C. & Tauxe, L. (1990). Paleomagnetic stratigraphy and time in sediments: studies in alluvial Siwalik rocks of Pakistan. Journal of Geology, 98, 457-477.

  30. 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.

  31. Barndt, J., Johnson, N.M., Johnson, G.D., Opdyke, N.D., Lindsay, E.H., Pilbeam, D. & Tahirkheli, R.A.K. (1978). The magnetic polarity stratigraphy and age of the Siwalik Group near Dhok Pathan Village, Potwar Plateau, Pakistan. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 41, 355-364.

  32. Bhatti, N.A. (1989). Lesser India Versus Greater India on the Plate Scale. Geological Bulletin of the Punjab University, 24, 71-73.

  33. Brilha, J. (2016). Inventory and Quantitative Assessment of Geosites and Geodiversity Sites: a Review. Geoheritage, 8(2), 119-134.

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  34. Brohi, I.A., Bablani, S.A. & Solangi, S.H. (2009). Geology and Economic Significance of Tertiary Rocks, Khorwari Section, Surjan Anticline, Thano Bula Khan, Sindh. Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series), 41(1), 95-106.

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  35. Brohi, I.A., Solangi, S.H., Bablani, S.A., Agheem, M.H., Sahito, A.G. & Brohi, A.U. (2012). Geological and Stratigraphical Studies of Dimension and Cut Stone Deposits Around Khanu Brohi and Khadhar Areas, District Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan. Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series), 44(4), 623-628.

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  36. Buchroithner, M.F. & Gamerith, H. (1986). On the Geology of the Tirich Mir Area, Central Hindu Kush (Pakistan). Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, 128(3-4), 367-381.

  37. Butt, A.A. (1968). Remarks on the proposed "Abbottabad Group" of Gardezi & Ghazanfar. Geological Bulletin of the Punjab University, 7, 79-80.

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  38. Butt, A.A. (1972). Problems of stratigraphic nomenclature in the Hazara District, N.W.F.P., Pakistan. Geological Bulletin of the Punjab University, 9, 65-70.

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  39. Butt, A.A. (1989). An Overview of the Hazara Arc Stratigraphy, Northern Pakistan. Geological Bulletin of the Punjab University, 24, 1-11.

  40. Calkins, J.A. (1967). The Geology of the Western Limb of the Hazara-Kashmir Syntaxis, West Pakistan and Kashmir. U.S. Geological Survey, open-file report.

  41. Calkins, J.A., Offield, T.W., Abdullah, S.K.M. & Ali, S.T. (1975). Geology of the southern Himalaya in Hazara, Pakistan, and adjacent areas. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 716-C, 29 p. (Geological Investigations in Pakistan).

  42. Chaudhry, M.N. (1968). Classification of the amphibole group based on (Na+K) atoms versus [Al]4 atoms with particular reference to hornblendes from alkali poor environments. Geological Bulletin of the Punjab University, 7, 67-70.

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  43. Chaudhry, M.N., Ahsan, N. & Rehman, S.U. (2022). Revised Stratigraphy of Sargodha-Chiniot Area, Punjab, Pakistan. The Geological Bulletin of the Punjab University, 2022, pp. 1-9.

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  44. Chaudhry, M.N., Ghazanfar, M. & Hussain, M.S. (1989). Petrography, Metamorphism, Nature and Origin of Agglomeratic Slate in Kaghan Valley, District Mansehra, Pakistan. Geological Bulletin of the Punjab University, 24, 61-70.

  45. Chaudhry, M.N., Hussain, K. & Shah, M.A. (1985). Petrology of Dhok Pathan Formation, Siwaliks Group of Kalabagh and Mangla areas. Geological Bulletin of the Punjab University, 20, 24-38.

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  46. Coward, M.P., Jan, M.Q., Rex, D., Tarney, J., Thirlwall, M. & Windley, B.F. (1984). Geology of the South Central Karakoram and Kohistan. In: Miller, K.J. (ed.), The International Karakoram Project, Vol. 2, 71-84. Cambridge University Press.

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  47. Craig, J., Hakhoo, N., Bhat, G.M., Hafiz, M., Khan, M.R., Misra, R., Pandita, S.K., Raina, B.K., Thurow, J., Thusu, B., Ahmed, W. & Khullar, S. (2018). Petroleum systems and hydrocarbon potential of the North-West Himalaya of India and Pakistan. Earth-Science Reviews, 187, 109-185.

  48. Crawford, M.B. & Searle, M.P. (1992). Field relationships and geochemistry of pre-collisional (India-Asia) granitoid magmatism in the central Karakoram, northern Pakistan. Tectonophysics, 206(1-2), 171-192.

  49. Cromie, C., Scarselli, N., Craig, J., Khan, M.R. & Hussain, A. (2022). Tectonostratigraphic Evolution and Hydrocarbon Prospectivity South of Gwadar Bay, Makran Accretionary Wedge, Offshore SW Pakistan. Journal of Petroleum Geology, 45(2), 179-200.

  50. Cronin, V.S. (1989). Structural setting of the Skardu intermontane basin, Karakoram Himalaya, Pakistan. In: Malinconico, L.L. & Lillie, R.J. (eds) Tectonics of the Western Himalayas. Geological Society of America Special Paper 232, 183-201.

  51. Dar, Q.U.Z., Renhai, P., Ghazi, S., Sajid, Z., Wahab, A., Zubair, R.A. & Aziz, T. (2021). The Precambrian Hazara Formation from Hazara Mountains, Northern Pakistan. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 14, 134.

  52. DiPietro, J.A. & Isachsen, C.E. (2001). U-Pb zircon ages from the Indian plate in northwest Pakistan and their significance to Himalayan and pre-Himalayan geologic history. Tectonics, 20(4), 510-525.

  53. DiPietro, J.A. & Pogue, K.R. (2004). Tectonostratigraphic subdivisions of the Himalaya: A view from the west. Tectonics, 23, TC5001.

  54. DiPietro, J.A., Pogue, K.R., Lawrence, R.D., Baig, M.S., Hussain, A. & Ahmad, I. (1993). Stratigraphy south of the Main Mantle Thrust, Lower Swat, Pakistan. In: Treloar, P.J. & Searle, M.P. (eds), Himalayan Tectonics. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74, 207-220.

  55. Drewes, H., Ahmad, Z. & Khan, R. (2007). Resource Evaluation of Selected Minerals and Industrial Commodities of the Potwar Plateau Area, Northern Pakistan. Chapter H of Regional Studies of the Potwar Plateau Area, Northern Pakistan (P.D. Warwick & B.R. Wardlaw, eds.), U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2078-H, 22 p.

  56. Farooqui, M.A., Umar, M., Sabir, M.A., Pervez, R. & Jalees, T. (2019). Geochemical attributes of late Neoproterozoic Salt Range Formation, Pakistan: constraints on provenance, paleoclimate, depositional and tectonic settings. Geosciences Journal, 23(2), 201-218.

  57. Feist, R., Talent, J.A. & Mawson, R. (2001). Devonian trilobites from the Shogrâm Formation, Kurâgh, Chitral (NW Pakistan). Alcheringa, 25(2), 107-115.

  58. Flynn, L.J., Pilbeam, D., Barry, J.C., Morgan, M.E. & Raza, S.M. (2016). Siwalik synopsis: a long stratigraphic sequence for the Later Cenozoic of South Asia. Comptes Rendus Palevol, 15(7), 877-887.

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  61. Gaetani, M., Angiolini, L., Garzanti, E., Jadoul, F., Leven, E.Ya., Nicora, A. & Sciunnach, D. (1995). Permian stratigraphy in the Northern Karakorum, Pakistan. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 101(2), 107-152.

  62. Gaetani, M., Le Fort, P., Tanoli, S., Angiolini, L., Nicora, A., Sciunnach, D. & Khan, A. (1996). Reconnaissance geology in Upper Chitral, Baroghil and Karambar districts (northern Karakorum, Pakistan). Geologische Rundschau, 85, 683-704.

  63. Gaetani, M., Le Fort, P., Tanoli, S., Angiolini, L., Nicora, A., Sciunnach, D. & Khan, A. (1996). Reconnaissance geology in Upper Chitral, Baroghil and Karambar districts (northern Karakorum, Pakistan). Geologische Rundschau, 85, 683-704.

  64. Gaetani, M., Mawson, R., Sciunnach, D. & Talent, J.A. (2008). The Devonian of Western Karakorum (Pakistan). Acta Geologica Polonica, 58(3), 261-285.

  65. Gaetani, M., Nicora, A., Henderson, C., Cirilli, S., Gale, L., Rettori, R., Vuolo, I. & Atudorei, V. (2013). Refinements in the Upper Permian to Lower Jurassic stratigraphy of Karakorum, Pakistan. Facies, 59, 915-948.

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  67. Gardezi, A.H. (1968). Note on the geology of area around Nathiagali, District Hazara, West Pakistan. Geological Bulletin of the Punjab University, 7, 71-78.

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