Name concordance

Alternative & superseded names

Stratigraphic names change: units get renamed, merged or abandoned, and the same rocks appear under different names in older literature. This index maps every recorded alternative, historical or superseded name to the unit in current use here — so an old name still leads you to the right page.

125 alternative names · 2 superseded names · 363 units.

• Agglomeratic Slate → Panjal Formation Synonym
• Ali Masjid Group → Ali Masjid Formation Synonym
• Allozai Formation → Alozai Group Synonym
• Alozai Group / Shirinab Formation / Winder Group (earlier mappings, HSC 1960) → Wulgai Formation Synonym
• Amalaf Formation (in part) → Saindak Formation Synonym
• Amber dolomite → Ambar Formation Synonym
• Amber Formation → Ambar Formation Synonym
• Anjira Member (basal Shirinab Formation; Williams 1959) → Anjira Formation Synonym
• Asianwala Quartzite → Asianwala Formation Synonym
• Askore Amphibolites → Daltumbore Formation Synonym
• Awi Conglomerate → Reshun Formation Synonym
• Bahadur Khel Salt → Bahadurkhel Salt Synonym
• Baltoro formation → Singhie Shales Synonym
• Baroch Limestone → Samana Suk Formation Synonym
• Belemnite Beds → Chichali Formation Synonym
• Bhadrar Beds → Chorgali Formation Synonym
• Black Nummulitic Limestone → Nisai Limestone Synonym
• Boston Formation → Sakhi Sarwar Group Synonym
• Boulder Conglomerate → Lei Conglomerate Synonym
• Ceratite Beds → Mianwali Formation Synonym
• Chak Jabbi Formation → Chak Jabbi Limestone Synonym
• Chak Jabbi Limestone → Kingriali Formation Synonym
• Chalt Volcanics → Chalt Volcanic Group Synonym
• Chidru Formation → Chhidru Formation Synonym
• Chitarwata Formation → Chitarwatta Formation Synonym
• Chitarwatta → Chitarwatta Formation Synonym
• Chitral Slates → Chitral Slate Synonym
• Conularia Beds → Dandot Formation Synonym
• Conularia-Eurydesma Beds → Dandot Formation Synonym
• correlated with the Yasin Group → Thelichi Formation Synonym
• Daltumbore Micaschists → Daltumbore Formation Synonym
• Dandot Group → Dandot Formation Synonym
• Dhak Pass Beds → Hangu Formation Synonym
• Dih Formation → Pak-China Friendship Formation Synonym
• Drug Formation (Sulaiman Basin), lateral equivalent → Shekhan Formation Synonym
• Ganesh Marble → Hispar Sar Group Synonym
• Ghazij Group → Chamalang (=Ghazij) Group Synonym
• Hachi Group → Hachi Volcanic Group Synonym
• Hachi Volcanics → Hachi Volcanic Group Synonym
• Hadda Formation → Hadda Quartzite Synonym
• Hakale Granite → Mansehra Granite Synonym
• Hinglaj Group (in part) → Talar Formation Synonym
• Hinglaj Group (in part) → Vihowa Group Synonym
• Kakra Conglomerate → Lei Conglomerate Synonym
• Khairabad Limestone → Lockhart Limestone Synonym
• Khojak Shale → Khojak Formation Synonym
• Kingriali Sandstone → Tredian Formation Synonym
• Loralai Formation → Shirinab Formation Superseded
• Loralai Limestone (HSC 1960; largely replaced by the Shirinab Formation, Fatmi 1977) → Loralai Formation Synonym
• Lower Productus Limestone → Amb Formation Synonym
• Magnesian Sandstone → Jutana Formation Synonym
• Manchar Group → Manchar Formation Synonym
• Manchhar Formation → Manchar Formation Synonym
• Manchhar Series → Manchar Formation Synonym
• Manglaur Schist → Manglaur Formation Synonym
• Margala Hill Limestone (lateral facies equivalent; treated as a synonym in GSP Memoir Vol. 24) → Sakesar Formation Synonym
• Margalla Hill Limestone (alternative spelling) → Margala Hill Limestone Synonym
• Mari Group → Murree Formation Synonym
• Mazar Drik Formation → Dilband Formation Synonym
• Middle Productus Limestone → Wargal Limestone Synonym
• Mirpur Conglomerate → Lei Conglomerate Synonym
• Misgar Slate → Passu Slate Synonym
• Misri Banda Quartzite → Jobra Formation Synonym
• Moghal Kot → Mughal Kot Formation Synonym
• Multana Formation → Malthanai Formation Synonym
• Murree Beds → Murree Formation Synonym
• Murree Series → Murree Formation Synonym
• Nakanai Ghar Formation → Nikanai Ghar Formation Synonym
• Neobolus Shales → Kussak Formation Synonym
• Nikanai Ghar Formation → Nikanai Ghar Formation Synonym
• Nikanai Ghar Marble → Nikanai Ghar Formation Synonym
• Nisai Group → Nisai Limestone Synonym
• Owir Formation → Shogram Formation Synonym
• Owir Formation → Sewakht Formation Synonym
• Panjal System → Panjal Formation Synonym
• Panjal Traps → Panjal Formation Synonym
• Panjal Volcanic Series → Panjal Formation Synonym
• Panjgur Formation (in part) → Mina Formation Synonym
• Parh Group → Mona Jhal Group Synonym
• Passu Slates → Passu Slate Synonym
• PCF Formation → Pak-China Friendship Formation Synonym
• Punjab Saline Series → Salt Range Formation Synonym
• Purple Sandstone → Khewra Sandstone Synonym
• Ranikot Formation → Ranikot Group Synonym
• Sakesar / Margala Hill Limestone (Potwar and Hazara), lateral equivalent → Shekhan Formation Synonym
• Sakesar Limestone (lateral facies equivalent; treated as a synonym in GSP Memoir Vol. 24) → Margala Hill Limestone Synonym
• Sakhi Sarwar Group (in part) → Bostan Formation Synonym
• Saline Series → Salt Range Formation Synonym
• Salkhala Formation → Kundalshahi Group Synonym
• Salkhala Formation → Miranjani Limestone Synonym
• Salkhala Series → Salkhala Formation Synonym
• Salt Pseudomorph Beds → Baghanwala Formation Synonym
• Salt Series of Hazara → Hazara Formation Synonym
• Sardhai → Sardhai Formation Synonym
• Sardhi Formation (OCR/alternative spelling) → Sardhai Formation Synonym
• Sewakht Formation → Shogram Formation Synonym
• Shagalu Formation → Shagala Formation Synonym
• Shaigalu Formation → Shagala Formation Synonym
• Shaigalu Sandstone → Shaigalu Member Synonym
• Sharaban Conglomerate → Chak 102 Conglomerate Synonym
• Sharaban Formation → Chak 102 Conglomerate Synonym
• Sharban Formation → Chak 102 Conglomerate Synonym
• Sharban Group → Sharaban Group Synonym
• Sheikhan Limestone (alternative spelling) → Shekhan Formation Synonym
• Shigar Group → Skardu Group Superseded
• Skoro Lungma Slates → Daltumbore Formation Synonym
• Speckled Sandstone → Warchha Sandstone Synonym
• Spingwar Member (basal Shirinab Formation, with the Loralai and Anjira members; Williams 1959) → Spingwar Formation Synonym
• Spiti Shale → Chichali Formation Synonym
• Suan → Soan Formation Synonym
• Sub-Recent shelly limestone → Jiwani Formation Synonym
• Susal Gali Granite Gneiss → Mansehra Granite Synonym
• Talar Group → Vihowa Group Synonym
• Talchir Boulder Bed → Tobra Formation Synonym
• Tanakki Boulder Bed → Tanaki Boulder Bed Synonym
• Tanakki Conglomerate → Tanaki Boulder Bed Synonym
• Tani Formation (possible equivalent) → Kaniguram Slate Synonym
• Tanol Formation → Tanawal Formation Synonym
• Tanol Group → Tanawal Formation Synonym
• Tanol Quartzites → Tanawal Formation Synonym
• Tupop Conglomerate → Reshun Formation Synonym
• Variegated Beds → Datta Formation Synonym
• Wakhan Slates → Wakhan Formation Synonym
• Warcha Formation → Warchha Sandstone Synonym
• Warchha Group (part) → Warchha Sandstone Synonym
• Washap Formation → Saindak Formation Synonym
• Wulagai → Wulgai Formation Synonym

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