Cenozoic • Neogene

Manchhar Formation

Miocene-Pliocene

Stratigraphic position

In the Sindh Province column

SandstoneShale / mudLimestoneFossils 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.

Continental molasse in lower Indus basin. Equivalent to Siwalik Group. Contains mammal fossils.

Significance. Records Mio-Pliocene continental sedimentation in lower Indus

Lithology: Sandstone, clay, conglomerate (continental)
Thickness: 1000-2000 m
Type locality: Manchhar Lake area, Sindh

Fossils

Mammal fossilsPlant fossils

Provinces

Sindh Province

Related units

Below · older

Gaj Formation

Neogene