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Kundil formation
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Kundil formation
Permian
Karakoram-Hindukush Basin · Central Karakoram Batholith
Permian in the time scale →Stratigraphic position
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The Late Permian cherty-limestone top of the Chapursan Group in upper Hunza.
Kundil formation is named after Kundil valley, south of Darband post about 10km NW of Sost (Shimshal and Chapursan Valleys of upper Hunza) by Gaetani et al. (1990a), presented 3 members of marl, limestone and fine tuffs of Late Permian age.
Significance. Uppermost Permian formation of the Chapursan Group in the Upper Hunza region; conformably overlies the Panjshah Formation.
- Lithology
- Cherty limestone with marl and fine tuff: a lower thick-bedded cherty limestone unit, a middle grey cherty limestone unit, and an upper unit, with a metabreccia up to 100 m thick between the middle and upper units.
- Type locality
- Kundil valley
- Basin
- Karakoram-Hindukush Basin
- Region
- Central Karakoram Batholith
- Environment
- marine
- Introduced by
- Gaetani et al. (1990a)
Provinces
References
- 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.
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