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Pakistan Stratigraphy

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 units

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Stratigraphic column
  1. Lei ConglomerateFossils recordedQuaternary
  2. Soan FormationQuaternary
  3. Chinji FormationFossils recordedNeogene
  4. Dhok Pathan FormationNeogene
  5. Murree FormationFossils recordedNeogene
  6. Nagri FormationFossils recordedNeogene
  7. Chashmai FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  8. Gurguri FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  9. Hangu FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  10. Kahan GroupPaleogene
  11. Kuldana FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  12. Nammal FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  13. Panoba FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  14. Domanda FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  15. Drazinda FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  16. Habib Rahi FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  17. Pirkoh FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  18. Bahadurkhel SaltPaleogene
  19. Chorgali FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  20. Jatta GypsumPaleogene
  21. Lockhart LimestoneFossils recordedPaleogene
  22. Margala Hill LimestoneFossils recordedPaleogene
  23. Patala FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  24. Sakesar FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  25. Shekhan FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  26. Lumshiwal FormationCretaceous
  27. Indus FormationFossils recordedCretaceous
  28. Kawagarh FormationCretaceous
  29. Chichali FormationJurassic-Cretaceous
  30. Datta FormationFossils recordedJurassic
  31. Surghar GroupFossils recordedJurassic
  32. Samana Suk FormationFossils recordedJurassic
  33. Shinawari FormationFossils recordedJurassic
  34. Mianwali FormationFossils recordedTriassic
  35. Musakhel groupFossils recordedTriassic
  36. Tredian FormationFossils recordedTriassic
  37. Kingriali FormationFossils recordedTriassic
  38. Chak Jabbi LimestoneTriassic
  39. Nilawahan GroupFossils recordedPermian
  40. Zaluch GroupFossils recordedPermian
  41. Amb FormationFossils recordedPermian
  42. Chidru FormationFossils recordedPermian
  43. Sardhi FormationFossils recordedPermian
  44. Tobra FormationFossils recordedPermian
  45. Warcha FormationFossils recordedPermian
  46. Wargal LimestoneFossils recordedPermian
  47. Baghanwala FormationFossils recordedCambrian
  48. Jutana FormationFossils recordedCambrian
  49. Khewra SandstoneFossils recordedCambrian
  50. Khisor FormationCambrian
  51. Kussak FormationFossils recordedCambrian
  52. Salt Range FormationFossils recordedEdiacaran
ConglomerateSandstoneShale / mudGypsum / evaporiteMarlLimestoneMixedFossils recordedConformableUnconformity

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.