Review of Stratigraphy of the Upper Hunza Valley (UHV), NW Karakoram, Pakistan

Authors

  • R. A. Khan Tahirkheli National Centre of Excellence in Geology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Sun Dongli Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, CAS, Beijing, China
  • Pan Yushang Institute of Geology, CAS, Beijing, China
  • Deng Wanming Institute of Geology, CAS, Beijing, China
  • Zhang Yuquan Institute of New Technology, CAS, Guangzho China
  • S.R.H. Baqri Natural History Museum, Pakistan Science Foundation, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Hamid Dawood Natural History Museum, Pakistan Science Foundation, Islamabad, Pakistan

Abstract

Recent collaborative work of Pakistani and Chinese scientists has established five mapable stratigraphic units which, from old to young, are: i. Gircha Fm., ii. Pak-China Friendship Fm (Dih Fm.)., iii. Passu Slate, iv. Gujal Dolomite, and v. Shanoz Conglomerate. A NNW-SSE trending Sost Anticline is the major structure in this area which bifurcates the stratigraphic net of this valley. The oldest formation exposed in the core of Sost Anticline is Gircha Fm. The base of the Gircha Fm is not exposed in UHV. The age of stratigraphic sequence in the UHV, based on fauna, ranges from Late Permian to Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary.

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1990-11-30

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Tahirkheli, R. A. K., Dongli, S., Yushang, P., Wanming, D., Yuquan, Z., Baqri, S., & Dawood, H. (1990). Review of Stratigraphy of the Upper Hunza Valley (UHV), NW Karakoram, Pakistan. Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences, 23(1), 203-214. Retrieved from http://ojs.uop.edu.pk/jhes/article/view/1383

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Vol. 23 No. 1 (1990): Geological Bulletin University of Peshawar

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