Kohat-Potwar Basin (Upper Indus)
Kohat Basin
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, south of Peshawar · Foreland fold-and-thrust belt
Western part of Upper Indus Basin, salt-tectonics dominated. Trans-Indus region with excellent Paleocene-Eocene exposures. Known for gypsum deposits, Bahadurkhel Salt, and petroleum potential. Shows transition from marine to continental conditions with unique Panoba and Kahan facies.
Units
52
Basin
Kohat-Potwar Basin (Upper Indus)
Tectonic setting
Foreland fold-and-thrust belt
Units in this province
52 unitsLine these up against other basins on the correlation panel →
- Lei Conglomerate
- Soan Formation
- Chinji Formation
- Dhok Pathan Formation
- Murree Formation
- Nagri Formation
- Chashmai Formation
- Gurguri Formation
- Hangu Formation
- Kahan Group
- Kuldana Formation
- Nammal Formation
- Panoba Formation
- Domanda Formation
- Drazinda Formation
- Habib Rahi Formation
- Pirkoh Formation
- Bahadurkhel Salt
- Chorgali Formation
- Jatta Gypsum
- Lockhart Limestone
- Margala Hill Limestone
- Patala Formation
- Sakesar Formation
- Shekhan Formation
- Lumshiwal Formation
- Indus Formation
- Kawagarh Formation
- Chichali Formation
- Datta Formation
- Surghar Group
- Samana Suk Formation
- Shinawari Formation
- Mianwali Formation
- Musakhel group
- Tredian Formation
- Kingriali Formation
- Chak Jabbi Limestone
- Nilawahan Group
- Zaluch Group
- Amb Formation
- Chidru Formation
- Sardhi Formation
- Tobra Formation
- Warcha Formation
- Wargal Limestone
- Baghanwala Formation
- Jutana Formation
- Khewra Sandstone
- Khisor Formation
- Kussak Formation
- Salt Range Formation
Band colour = period; texture = dominant rock type. Lines between bands mark the contact type (wavy = unconformity inferred from a missing period). True scale makes height ∝ recorded thickness; hatched = thickness not recorded. Ages approximate, for ordering.