Lei Conglomerate Fm
Period:
Quaternary
Age Interval:
Late Pleistocene
Province:
Pakistan Indus Basin
Type Locality and Naming
Holotype section:
Lithology and Thickness
Conglomerate; Thickness: 150-900 m thick in Trans Indus-Potwar Province (TrI-PP). 900 m in Urak synclinorium in Quetta region, 150-455 m in Kirthar Province.
Lithology Pattern:
Conglomerate
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Unconformably underlain by Suan Fm (Suon Fm) or Dada Conglomerate Fm
Upper contact
Overlain by subrecent deposits
Regional extent
Wide distribution in Indus Basin and Quetta region. Same distribution as the underlying Soan Fm
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Late Pleistocene.
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Calabrian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.8
Beginning date (Ma):
0.98
Ending stage:
Holocene
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
0.00
Depositional setting
Deposited in fluvial and lacustrine environments. Valley-fill which covered extensive regions of Northern Potwar.
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Nusrat K. Siddiqui