Kasauli Fm
Period:
Neogene
Age Interval:
Miocene
Province:
N.India Lesser Himalaya
Type Locality and Naming
Himachal Pradesh, Holotype section at Dugadda locality in Garhwal syncline, Uttarakhand; Name derived from the Ksauli Town, Himachal Pradesh. [Original Publication: Medlicott, H. B. 1879. A Manual of the Geology of India. 1st ed. Government of India Press, Calcutta.]
Lithology and Thickness
Sandstone. Light grey sandstone with shale intercalation; ~400m.
Lithology Pattern:
Clayey sandstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Conformable with Dagshai Fm.
Upper contact
Thrusted contact with Siwalik Fm.
Regional extent
Named as Upper Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh; Upper Murree Fms in Jammu area.
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Plant fossils, gastropods, fragmentary vertebrates
Age
Age span estimates taken from O.N. Bhargava & Birendra Singh (2021 for Dr. Raju's Lexicon); Singh, Birendra P., 2009. Northwest Himalayan Region. In: D.S.N.Raju and Ravi Misra, Proterozoic and Phanerozoic Integrated Stratigraphy (ONGC Bull. 44, n.2).
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Burdigalian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
20.45
Ending stage:
Burdigalian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
15.99
Depositional setting
Brackish to fresh water.
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
O.N. Bhargava & Birendra Singh.