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Pakistan Stratigraphy

Units

Geological units

285 formations · 19 provinces · 12 basins.

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Kohat-Potwar Basin (Upper Indus)

 56 units · 3 prov.
Salt Range34 Potwar Basin36 Kohat Basin52

Khyber-Hazara-Kashmir Basin (Uppermost Indus)

 79 units · 4 prov.
Hazara Basin33 Azad Kashmir12 Khyber–Nowshera Belt23 Swat–Malakand16

Sulaiman Basin (Middle Indus)

 27 units · 1 prov.
Sulaiman Fold Belt27

Kirthar Basin (Lower Indus)

 32 units · 2 prov.
Kirthar Range21 Sindh Province18

Chagai-Raskoh Magmatic Arc

 7 units · 1 prov.
Chagai Hills7

Makran-Siahan Basin (Arc-Trench Gap)

 11 units · 1 prov.
Makran Coast11

Kakar-Khurasan Basin (Back Arc)

 11 units · 1 prov.
Zhob-Muslim Bagh11

Western Indus Suture

 2 units · 1 prov.
Bela-Khuzdar2

Kohistan-Ladakh Magmatic Arc

 14 units · 1 prov.
Kohistan Arc14

Karakoram-Hindukush Basin (Laurasia)

 61 units · 2 prov.
Karakoram49 Hindukush-Chitral13

Himalayan Crystalline

 4 units · 1 prov.
Nanga Parbat Massif4

Indo-Pakistan Shield (Precambrian Craton)

 14 units · 1 prov.
Indo-Pakistan Shield14