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Kali Formation
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Kali Fm base reconstruction

Kali Fm

Period: 
Carboniferous

Age Interval: 
Early Carboniferous (?358-330 Ma)


Province: 
NW Himalaya Kumaun-Garhwal Tethyan Himalaya

Type Locality and Naming

Type section is in Byans area, SE Kumaun basin along Kali River section. [Original Publication: Mamgain, V.D., and Mishra, R.S., 1989 . Biostratigraphic studies of the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic sediments of Tethyan facies in U.P. Himalaya. Geol. Surv. India, Rec., 122(3), 296-298]

Synonyms: Valdiya and Gupta, 1972 ”Kali Series”; Mamgain and Mishra, 1989, Kali Formation.

[Figure 1: Location of the Kumaun-Garhwal region (from Celerier et al., GSA Bull 2009)]

[Figure 2: Geologic map of the Kumaun-Garhwal region (from Celerier et al., GSA Bull 2009)]


Lithology and Thickness

Sandstone to Dolomite: Rusty brown fine-grained quartzite, grey micaceous siltstone, grey limestone, sandy dolomite. 300-350m.


Lithology Pattern: 
Fine-grained sandstone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Conformable with the Muth Fm / Jamboudiyar Fm.

Upper contact

Gradational contact with overlying the Nabi Fm.

Regional extent

Kumaun to Garhwal regions


GeoJSON

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Fossils

Linoproductus cf. cora; Chonetes hardensis var. kashmirensis, Reticularia sp. Caninophyllum sp. Carnia cf. juddivar dawsoni and Lophocaninophyllum sp. (Malviya et al., 1991, Mamgain and Mishra, 1989).


Age 

Early Carboniferous.

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Tournaisian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
359.30

    Ending stage: 
Visean

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0.5

    Ending date (Ma):  
338.54

Depositional setting

Shallow marine


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  

Birendra Singh & O.N. Bhargava.