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Dark limestone
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Dark limestone
Jurassic
Karakoram-Hindukush Basin · Central Karakoram Batholith
Jurassic in the time scale →Stratigraphic position
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An Early Jurassic dark limestone unit, about 150 m thick.
Dark limestone is named by Gaetani et al. (1996a) and consists of 150m thick limestone and its age is Liassic (Pliensbachian).
Significance. An Early Jurassic (Liassic, Pliensbachian) limestone of the Karakoram Mesozoic succession.
- Lithology
- About 150 m of dark limestone.
- Thickness
- about 150 m
- Basin
- Karakoram-Hindukush Basin
- Region
- Central Karakoram Batholith
- Environment
- marine
- Introduced by
- Gaetani et al. (1996a)
Provinces
References
- Malkani, M.S. & Mahmood, Z. (2017). Stratigraphy of Pakistan. Geological Survey of Pakistan, Memoir Vol. 24.
Reviewer confidence: medium
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