Gwadar Fm
Period:
Quaternary
Age Interval:
Middle Pleistocene
Province:
Pakistan Balochistan Basin
Type Locality and Naming
Holotype section: Gwandar hammerhead section within Makran Flysch Province (MFP) of the Balochistan Basin
Lithology and Thickness
Sandy claystone. Combined Gwandar and overlying/coeval Ormara Fm are predominantly sandy clay, 60-900 m thick
Lithology Pattern:
Sandy claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Conformably underlain by Chatti Fm, or unconformably underlain by Hinglaj Fm
Upper contact
Conformably overlain by Ormara Fm
Regional extent
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GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Early Pleistocene probably
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Gelasian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.7
Beginning date (Ma):
2.03
Ending stage:
Calabrian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.4
Ending date (Ma):
1.39
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Nusrat K. Siddiqui