Cenozoic • Paleogene

Ghazij Group

Early Eocene

Stratigraphic position

In the Sulaiman Fold Belt column

LimestoneShale / mudFossils recordedConformable

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.

Deposited under deltaic, evaporitic and terrestrial environments by paleo-Indus River system. Contains significant coal deposits. Also called Chamalang Group.

Significance. Records Early Eocene Tethys regression; major coal-bearing sequence

Lithology: Shale, sandstone, coal, gypsum (deltaic to evaporitic)
Thickness: 500-1500 m
Type locality: Ghazij, Balochistan
Economic importance: Major coal deposits, gypsum

Fossils

Plant fossilsFreshwater faunaMarginal marine fauna

Provinces

Sulaiman Fold Belt

Related units

Below · older

Dungan Formation

Paleogene

Above · younger

Kahan Group

Paleogene