Geology of the Baraul Valley, Dir
Abstract
Over 520 sq. km. of the Baraul Valley has been investigated geologically and mapped on 1:63, 360 scale. Quartzite are the oldest rocks, exposed in the eastern part of the valley, and overlain by the mixed series of Palaeocene-Eocene age which covers the central part of the area. The series includes interbedded volcanics (andesite, dacite, rhyolite, tuff and agglomerates) and metasedimentary/sedimentary rocks (pelitic, calcarious and arenaceous) intruded by small post-Eocene dioritic rocks. A large part of the valley, in the north as well as the south, is occupied by ( ? ) Crete-Eocene diorites, quartz diorites, granodiorites and leucodiorites. The northern contact between the diorites and the mixed series is probably faulted.
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