Sulaiman Basin (Middle Indus)
Sulaiman Fold Belt
Eastern Balochistan and D.G. Khan, Punjab · Foreland fold-and-thrust belt
Middle Indus Basin with excellent Mesozoic-Cenozoic marine and continental sequences. Host to Pakistani dinosaurs (Vitakri Formation) and walking whales (Eocene). Major petroleum province.
Units
27
Basin
Sulaiman Basin (Middle Indus)
Tectonic setting
Foreland fold-and-thrust belt
Units in this province
27 unitsLine these up against other basins on the correlation panel →
- Vihowa Formation
- Litra Formation
- Chaudhwan Formation
- Baska Formation
- Chamalang (=Ghazij) Group
- Chitarwata Formation
- Drug Formation
- Early-Middle Eocene Kahan Group
- Shaheed Ghat Formation
- Toi Formation
- Rakhi Gaj Formation
- Dungan Formation
- Ghazij Group
- Ranikot Formation
- Sangiali Formation
- Goru Formation
- Parh Group
- Sembar Formation
- Fort Munro Formation
- Mughal Kot Formation
- Pab Sandstone
- Parh Limestone
- Vitakri Formation
- Sulaiman Group
- Chiltan Limestone
- Loralai Formation
- Khanozai Group
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.