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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

63

Tectonic setting

Foreland fold-and-thrust belt

This reference records 63 units in the Kohat Basin spanning 5 geological eras, most commonly limestone, sandstone, evaporite.

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At a glance

63
units
5
eras
23
georeferenced
47
with fossils
57
type localities
2,500 m
max thickness
67
sources

Rock types

  • limestone (29)
  • sandstone (19)
  • evaporite (7)
  • conglomerate (5)
  • shale/mudstone (1)

Based on the primary lithology recorded for each unit; some units span more than one rock type.

Fossils recorded

  • Stromatolites
  • Algal mats
  • Trace fossils
  • Trilobites (rare)
  • Trilobites (Redlichia noetlingi)
  • Brachiopods (Lingulella fuchsia, Botsfordia granulata)
  • Gastropods
  • Trilobite trails (trace fossils)
  • Skolithos burrows
  • Cruziana traces
  • Brachiopods (Neobolus warthi, Lingulella)
  • Hyolithes wynnei
  • Protohaploxypinus sp
  • Chonetes sp
  • Eurydesma
  • Conularia
  • Brachiopods (productids)
  • Fusulinids
  • Bryozoa
  • Brachiopods (Productus)
  • Crinoids
  • Bryozoans
  • Foraminifera
  • Last Paleozoic brachiopods

+102 more across the Kohat Basin units.

Units in this province

63 units

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Era colours
  • Quaternary
  • Cenozoic
  • Mesozoic
  • Paleozoic
  • Precambrian
Kohat Basin
  1. Lei ConglomerateFossils recordedQuaternary
  2. Malagan FormationQuaternary
  3. Soan FormationQuaternary
  4. Marwat FormationNeogene-Quaternary
  5. Sheri Gasha FormationNeogene-Quaternary
  6. Chinji FormationFossils recordedNeogene
  7. Dhok Pathan FormationNeogene
  8. Kargocha FormationNeogene
  9. Murree FormationFossils recordedNeogene
  10. Nagri FormationFossils recordedNeogene
  11. Chashmai FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  12. Gurguri FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  13. Hangu FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  14. Kahan GroupPaleogene
  15. Kuldana FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  16. Nammal FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  17. Panoba FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  18. Domanda FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  19. Drazinda FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  20. Habib Rahi FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  21. Kirthar GroupFossils recordedPaleogene
  22. Kohat FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  23. Pirkoh FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  24. Bahadurkhel SaltPaleogene
  25. Chorgali FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  26. Jatta GypsumPaleogene
  27. Lockhart LimestoneFossils recordedPaleogene
  28. Margala Hill LimestoneFossils recordedPaleogene
  29. Patala FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  30. Sakesar FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  31. Shekhan FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  32. Lumshiwal FormationFossils recordedCretaceous
  33. Indus FormationFossils recordedCretaceous
  34. Kawagarh FormationFossils recordedCretaceous
  35. Chichali FormationFossils recordedJurassic-Cretaceous
  36. Datta FormationFossils recordedJurassic
  37. Surghar GroupFossils recordedJurassic
  38. Samana Suk FormationFossils recordedJurassic
  39. Shinawari FormationFossils recordedJurassic
  40. Kathwai MemberTriassic
  41. Mianwali FormationFossils recordedTriassic
  42. Mittiwali MemberTriassic
  43. Musakhel GroupFossils recordedTriassic
  44. Narmia MemberTriassic
  45. Chak Jabbi LimestoneTriassic
  46. Tredian FormationFossils recordedTriassic
  47. Kingriali FormationFossils recordedTriassic
  48. Khatkiara Sandstone MemberTriassic
  49. Landa MemberTriassic
  50. Nilawahan GroupFossils recordedPermian
  51. Zaluch GroupFossils recordedPermian
  52. Amb FormationFossils recordedPermian
  53. Chhidru FormationFossils recordedPermian
  54. Sardhai FormationFossils recordedPermian
  55. Tobra FormationFossils recordedPermian
  56. Warchha SandstoneFossils recordedPermian
  57. Wargal LimestoneFossils recordedPermian
  58. Baghanwala FormationFossils recordedCambrian
  59. Jutana FormationFossils recordedCambrian
  60. Khewra SandstoneFossils recordedCambrian
  61. Khisor FormationCambrian
  62. Kussak FormationFossils recordedCambrian
  63. Salt Range FormationFossils recordedEdiacaran
ConglomerateSandstoneShale / mudGypsum / evaporiteMarlLimestoneMixedFossils recordedUnconformityConformable

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.