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Pakistan Stratigraphy

Kakar-Khurasan Basin (Back Arc)

Zhob-Muslim Bagh

Northern Balochistan · Suture zone with obducted ophiolites

Ophiolite belt with best preserved Neo-Tethyan oceanic crust in Pakistan. Major chromite mining district. Part of the Western Indus Suture.

Units

26

Tectonic setting

Suture zone with obducted ophiolites

This reference records 26 units in the Zhob-Muslim Bagh spanning 3 geological eras, most commonly conglomerate, limestone, sandstone.

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At a glance

26
units
3
eras
6
georeferenced
8
with fossils
23
type localities
5,000 m
max thickness
26
sources

Rock types

  • conglomerate (12)
  • limestone (7)
  • sandstone (6)
  • igneous rocks (1)

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

Fossils recorded

  • Lower Toarcian ammonites (Bouleiceras, Protogrammoceras); brachiopods, corals
  • Orbitoides
  • Orbitella
  • bivalves
  • brachiopods
  • gastropods
  • Lepidocyclina dilatata
  • Nummulites fichteli
  • Nummulites intermedius
  • Nummulites vascus
  • Nummulites atacicus
  • Assilina granulosa
  • Dictyoconoides cooki
  • Miscellanea miscella
  • Other larger foraminifera
  • Algae
  • Pakitherium shagalai
  • molluscs
  • Assilina mamilla
  • Fasciolites borealis
  • Discocyclina undulata
  • Lepidocyclina blanfordi
  • Spiroclypeus sp.

Units in this province

26 units

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Era colours
  • Quaternary
  • Cenozoic
  • Mesozoic
  • Paleozoic
  • Precambrian
Zhob-Muslim Bagh
  1. Bostan FormationQuaternary
  2. Haro Conglomerate FormationQuaternary
  3. Sakhi Sarwar GroupQuaternary
  4. Bahlol Nika FormationNeogene
  5. Khuzhobai FormationNeogene
  6. Dasht Murgha GroupNeogene
  7. Sra Khula FormationNeogene
  8. Hinglaj FormationFossils recordedNeogene
  9. Malthanai FormationNeogene
  10. Urak FormationNeogene
  11. Shaigalu MemberFossils recordedPaleogene–Neogene
  12. Vihowa GroupPaleogene–Neogene
  13. Khojak FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  14. Murgha Faqirzai FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  15. Shagala GroupPaleogene
  16. Mina FormationPaleogene
  17. Nisai LimestoneFossils recordedPaleogene
  18. Shagala FormationFossils recordedPaleogene
  19. Moro FormationFossils recordedCretaceous
  20. Muslim Bagh OphioliteCretaceous
  21. Akhtar Nika FormationCretaceous
  22. Jabrai FormationCretaceous
  23. Malikhore FormationJurassic
  24. Takatu FormationJurassic
  25. Kharari FormationTriassic-Jurassic
  26. Shirinab FormationFossils recordedTriassic-Jurassic
Shale / mudConglomerateSandstoneLimestoneMarlIgneousFossils 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.