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Jiwani Formation
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Jiwani Fm base reconstruction

Jiwani Fm


Period: 
Quaternary

Age Interval: 
Late Pleistocene


Province: 
Pakistan Balochistan Basin

Type Locality and Naming

Holotype section: Jiwani section within Makran Flysch Province (MFP) of the Balochistan Basin


Lithology and Thickness

Sandy limestone. Shelly limestone, sandstone and conglomerate. 30 m thick in Jiwani area


Lithology Pattern: 
Sandy limestone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Conformably underlain by Ormara Fm or Gwadar Fm

Upper contact

Present surface

Regional extent

Makran Flysch Province


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Late Pleistocene.

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Chibanian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
0.77

    Ending stage: 
Holocene

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
1.0

    Ending date (Ma):  
0.00

Depositional setting


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  

Nusrat K. Siddiqui