Hoshab Shale Fm
Period:
Paleogene, Neogene
Age Interval:
Late Oligocene and Early Miocene
Province:
Pakistan Balochistan Basin
Type Locality and Naming
Holotype section: Within Makran Flysch Province (MFP) of the Balochistan Basin
Synonym: Hoshab Shale
Lithology and Thickness
Claystone. Claystone, shales; with subordinate sandstone, limestone and conglomerate intervals.
Lithology Pattern:
Claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Base unknown (oldest exposed unit in this tectonic province)
Upper contact
Conformably overlain by Panjgur Fm
Regional extent
Makran Flysch Province
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Late Oligocene and Early Miocene.
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Chattian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.7
Beginning date (Ma):
24.31
Ending stage:
Burdigalian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
15.99
Depositional setting
Abyssal shale, flysch
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Nusrat K. Siddiqui