The Stratigraphic Section on the Southern Slope of Handyside Fort, Kohat, West Pakistan

Abstract

The area of investigation which lies on the southern slope of the Handyside Fort is formed of formations of Upper Mesozoic and Cenozoic ages.
The formations of Upper Mesozoic age are represented by Oolitic Limestone-Late Jurassic Green Shale-Lower Cretaceous, Sandy-shale and Silt-stone Middle Cretaceous, and Limestone-Middle Cretaceous. The formations of Cenozoic age are represented by Nodular Limestone-Palaeocene and Gritstone-Conglomerate- Shale-Palaeocene.
Of all the formations, the Gritstone, Conglomerate, and Shale represent deposition under fluviatile fluviolacustrine, and lacustrine conditions.
The carbonate rocks (mainly limestone) account for more than three-fourth of the total thickness of the strata exposed in the area of investigation.
The area is very much disturbed Intense folding and faulting which occurred during the Tertiary Era has complicated the stratigraphy and structure of the area.