Suan Fm
Period:
Quaternary
Age Interval:
Early Pleistocene
Province:
Pakistan Indus Basin, Axial Belt
Type Locality and Naming
Holotype section:
Lithology and Thickness
Conglomerate; composed of poorly sorted Eocene rocks with small proportion of older sedimentary rocks, quartzite, igneous material. Intercalated with beds of sand and silt (pale brown to ochre in color).
Thickness: 120-450 m in Trans Indus-Potwar Province (TrI-PP). 300-1,500 m in Sulaiman Province, 1,500- 3,000 m in Urak, about 300 m in Kirthar Province
Synonym: Soan Fm
Lithology Pattern:
Conglomerate
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Conformably underlain by Dhok Pathan Fm
Upper contact
Unconformably overlain by Lei Conglomerate Fm
Regional extent
Wide distribution in Indus Basin and Quetta region
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Early Pleistocene.
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Gelasian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
2.58
Ending stage:
Calabrian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.1
Ending date (Ma):
1.70
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Nusrat K. Siddiqui