Malikhore Formation
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian-Pliensbachian; ~196.18-184.2 Ma)
Jurassic in the time scale →Cited in 3 sources Last reviewed Jul 18, 2026
- Rank
- formation
- Status
- Published
- Age
- Mesozoic · Jurassic · Early JurassicEarly Jurassic (Sinemurian-Pliensbachian; ~196.18-184.2 Ma)
- Named by
- Not recorded
- Type locality
- Malikhore village (35 I/9, 27 km WNW of Khuzdar
- Thickness
- 136-387 m
- Lithology
- Oolitic limestone. Anwar et al. (1991) described the lithology in the type section to be mainly composed of thick-bedded limestone with subordinate calcareous shale/marl as thin partings. The limestone is grey to greyish brown, weathering to brown, thick bedded to massive, biomicritic and hard, peletic, oolitic, coquinoidal and shelly with frequent bioturbated mottled beds. The shale is black, fi…
- Synonyms
- Not recorded
Oolitic limestone. Anwar et al. (1991) described the lithology in the type section to be mainly composed of thick-bedded limestone with subordinate calcareous shale/marl as thin partings. The limestone is grey to greyish brown, weathering to brown, thick bedded to massive, biomicritic and hard, peletic, oolitic, coquinoidal and shelly with frequent bioturbated mottled beds. The shale is black, fissile and carbonaceous. The formation is highly resistant which forms steep slopes or cliffs. The formation is exposed in southern Axial Belt; northward it extends up to west of Khuzdar town.
Fossils
Not recorded
Contacts
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.
Distribution & setting
- Basin
- Not recorded
- Region
- Not recorded
- Depositional environment
- Not recorded
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
Correlation
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Economic significance
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Remarks
Not recorded
Sources (2)
- Indian Plate Lexicon (indplex.geolex.org), Geological Society of India and international compilation.
- Shah, S.M.I. (2009). Stratigraphy of Pakistan. Geological Survey of Pakistan, Memoir Vol. 22.
Reviewer confidence: high
Every fact on this page is source-cited. This entry is part of the peer-archived Pakistan Stratigraphy Dataset (doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21363991, CC‑BY‑4.0).
Lexicon status: Name attested in the Shah (1977/2009) Geological Survey of Pakistan compilation — the national stratigraphic lexicon. This records where the name is documented; it is not an endorsement of the unit’s definition, age or figures.
Cite this unit
Qudsi, L. (2026). Malikhore Formation. In Pakistan Stratigraphy Dataset [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21363991
@misc{stratigraphypk_malikhoreformation,
author = {Qudsi, Lareb},
title = {{Malikhore Formation} --- Pakistan Stratigraphy Dataset},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Zenodo},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.21363991},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21363991}
} Archived dataset: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21363991 (CC‑BY‑4.0) · Direct link to this entry: https://stratigraphy.pk/formation/malikhore-formation (accessed August 30, 2026).
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