STRATIGRAPHY OF PAKISTAN
S.No
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Name
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Type Locality
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Lithology
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Age
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1.
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Nagar Parkar Granite
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Not Designed
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Granite, grey, composed of orthoclase
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Late Precambrian
|
2.
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Kirana Group
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Not Designed
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Slate
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Late Precambrian
|
3.
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Salt Range Formation
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Khewra gorge, eastern Salt Range, Punjab
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Gypsum beds, dolomite, clay, greenish & low grade oil shale
|
Tertiary microfossils reported
|
4.
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Hazara Formation
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Not designed
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Slate, phyllite & shale
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Late Precambrian
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5.
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Salkhala Formation
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Salkhala village, Kishan Ganja River, Kashmir
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Slate
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Late Precambrian
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6.
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Khewra Sandstone
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Khewra gorge Khewra, Salt Range, Punjab
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Sandstone
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Early Cambrian
|
7.
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Kussak Formation
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Kussak Fort , eastern Salt Range, Punjab
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Sandstone, Siltstone
| |
8.
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Jutana Formation
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Jutana Village, eastern Salt Range, Punjab
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Dolomite
|
Early Mid. Cambrian Late Early Cambrian
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9.
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Baghanwala Formation
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Baghanwala Village, eastern Salt Range, Punjab
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Shale, Clay
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Mid. Cambrian
|
10.
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Khisor Formation
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Saiyiduwali (Khisor Range)
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Upper part: Shale
Lower part: Gypsum
|
Early Mid. Cambrian
|
11.
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Tanawul Formation
|
Not designed
|
Biotite, muscovite quartz schist and andalusite staurotite schist
|
Cambrian
|
12.
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Abbottabad Formation
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Sirban Hill, Abottabad, (NWFP)
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Dolomite, quartize & phyllite
|
Early Cambrian
|
13.
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Hazira Formation
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Hazira Village
|
Siltstone, shaly
|
Early Cambrian
|
14
|
Cambrian rocks of N.E. (undefine)
|
Greywacke, shale and limestone
|
Cambrian
| |
15
|
Landikotal Formation
|
Landikotal, (N.W.F.P)
|
Phyllite, slate
|
Paleozoic to Mesozoic
|
16
|
Attock Formation
|
Not designed
|
Sedimentary and metamorphic sequences- Limestone, Phyllite
|
Ordivician-Early Silurian- Precambrian
|
17
|
Kandar Pyhllite
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5 Km north of Nowshere (Nowshera-Risalpur Road)
|
Phyllite, limestone
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Late Silurian
|
18
|
Nowshera Formation
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5 Km north of Nowshere (Nowshera-Risalpur Road)
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Limestone & dolomite, reef core, carbonate/reef breccia
|
Late Silurian to Early Devonian
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19
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Misri Banda quartzite
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12 Km east of Nowshera (Nowshera-Risalpur Road)
|
Quartzite and dolomite lenses
|
Devonian
|
20
|
Pir Sabak Formation
|
Not designed
|
Limestone, dolomitic limestone
|
Carboniferous- Pre late Devonian
|
21
|
Khyber Carbonates
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Not designated
|
Series of shale, quartzite, limestone, dolomite and marble
|
Early Devonian to Mid. Silurian to Carbonifereous
|
22
|
Shagai Limestone
|
1 Km N.E. of Shagai (Khyber area, NWFP)
|
Dolomitic limestone
|
Allurian to Early Devonian
|
23
|
Ali Masjid Formation
|
Ali Masjid village (Khyber Pass, NWFP)
|
Sandstone & quartzite, limestone, siltstone, conglomerate
|
Late Devonian
|
24
|
Devonian rock - Chitral
|
-
|
Limestone
|
Early Devonian
|
25
|
Khyber Limestone
|
Ali Masjid village (Khyber Pass, NWFP)
|
Limestone
|
Permian
|
26
|
Shakhai Formation
|
Shakhai 16 km west of Nowshera, NWFP
|
Dolomitic
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Permo-Carbonifeous
|
27
|
Sarikol Slate
|
Not designed
|
Slate, quartzite, calcareous beds and few volcanic rock
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Carboniferous-Permian
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28
|
Darkot Group
|
Not designed
|
Slate, Limestone, quartzite, conglomerate, schist, marble, gneiss and volcanic rocks
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Permo -Carbonifeous
|
29
|
Chalt Schist
|
Not designated (SW of Chalt Hunza)?
|
Schist, quartz biotite schist, phyllite
|
Carboniferous-Permian
|
30
|
Baltit Group
|
Not designated (near Baltit Hunza)?
|
Garnet staurolite, schist, garnet, mica schist, garnet amphibolite, coarsely, crystalline marble, and micaceous.
|
Carboniferous-Permian
|
31
|
Pasu Slate
|
Not designated (Pasu valley Gilligit)?
|
Interbedded with quartzite and limestone
|
Carboniferous-Permian
|
32
|
Panjal Formation & Agglomerate Slate
|
Not designated (at apex of Hazara syntaxis)?
|
Volcanic greenstone, metamorphosed lava flows
|
Carboniferous-Permian
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33.
|
Permian rocks of Baluchistan
|
Not designed (Wulgai, Gaza band-Kalat Balochistan)
|
Limestone with marl and clay
|
Permian
|
34
|
Nilwahan Group
|
Not designated
|
Includes Tobra Fm. Dandot Fm. Warcha Sst. And Sardhi Fm.
|
Permian
|
35
|
Tobra Formation
|
Tobra village, eastern Salt Range) Punjab
|
Tillitic facies with marine sandstone. Fresh water facies: few or no boulders, alternating siltstone and shale with spores; Complex facies: diamietite, sandstone & boulder bed
|
Early Permian
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36
|
Dandot Formation
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Dandot village, eastern Salt Range, Punjab
|
Sandstone, shale, fossiliferous in the basal part
|
Early Permian
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37
|
Warcha Sandstone
|
Warcha gorge, Salt Range, Punjab
|
Sandstone, bedded pebbles of granite
|
Early Permian
|
38
|
Sardhai Formation
|
Sardhai gorge, eastern Salt Range, Punjab
|
Clay, sandstone and siltstone and carbonaceous shale & chalcopyrite & copper
|
Early Permian
|
39
|
Zaluch Group
|
Zaluch Nala, western Salt Range, Punjab
|
Sandstone, shale, sandy limestone, pure argillaceous limestone and dolomite, sandy and calcareous sandstone
|
Early to Late Permian
|
40
|
Amb Formation
|
Amb village, central Salt Range, Punjab
|
Shale, limestone
|
Artinskian (Lower Permian)
|
41
|
Wargal Limestone
|
Wargal village, central Salt Range, Punjab
|
Limestone & dolomite
|
Mid. Permian
|
42
|
Chhidru Formation
|
Chhidru nala, Salt Range, Punjab
|
Sandstone, shale
|
Late Permian
|
43
|
Wulgai Formation
|
Wulgai village Muslimbagh, Baluchistan
|
Shale, limestone
|
Early to Late Triassic
|
44
|
Mianwali Formation
|
Not designated: Ref Sections: Zaluch Nala, western Salt Range & Tappan Wahan, Khisor Range
|
Shale, varied facies
|
Lower. Triassic: Scythian
|
45
|
Tredian Formation
|
Not designated Ref: sections: Zaluch Nala western Salt Range & Tappan Wahan, Khisor Range
|
Non marine unit. Sandstone, Shale
|
Mid. Triassic
|
46
|
Kingriali Formation
|
Not designated, (reference sections: Zaluch Nala, western Salt Range & Tappan Wahan, Khisor Range
|
Dolomite & dolomite Limestone , marl, Shale
|
Mid. Triassic
|
47
|
Chak Jabbi Limestone
|
North of Chak Jabbi (Kala Chitta Range) Ref: Section Gabh village
|
Limestone
|
Mid. Triassic
|
48
|
Shirinab Formation
|
Shirinab River section (Chapppar Mingochar & Shirinab valley, Kalat, Baluchistan)
|
Interbedded limestone & shale
|
Early Jurassic
|
49
|
Chiltan Limestone
|
Chiltan Range S.W of Quetta, Baluchistan
|
Limestone, chert
|
Mid. Jurassic
|
50
|
Mazar Drik Formation
|
Mazar Drik, Masri Hills Baluchistan
|
Interbeds of shale & limestone, fossiliferous
|
Late Bathonian
|
51
|
Datta Formation
|
Datta Nala, Surghar Range
|
Siltstone & mudstone, glass sand, fire clay
|
Jurassic: Pre Toarcian
|
52
|
Shinawari Formation
|
Shinawari village (western Samana Range Kohat NWFP)
|
Limestone, shale
|
Middle Jurassic - Early Jurassic (Toarchian)
|
53
|
Samana Suk Formation
|
NE of Shinawari (Samana Range, NWFP)
|
Limestone
|
Mid. Collovian (Salt Range) Bathonian (Kala Chitta)
|
54
|
Sinjrani Volcanic Group
|
Sinjrani District, Chagai Baluchistan
|
Agglomerate & Volcanic conglomerate, tuff, calcareous shale
|
Cretaceous
|
55
|
Humai Formation
|
Koh Humai Hill (Koh- i - Sultan Chagai, Baluchistan)
|
Shale, sandstone, siltstone, conglomerate,
|
Maestrichtian (faunal evidence)
|
56
|
Bela Volcanic Group
|
Bela Town, Lasbela Baluchistan
|
Tuff, chert, limestone, shale, marl
|
Cretaceous
|
57
|
Sembar Formation
|
Sembar Pass, (Marri Hills) Baluchistan
|
Shale, Sandy Shale, Limestone
|
Neocomian, likely extends down to Late Jurassic
|
58
|
Goru Formation
|
Goru village (Nar River, southern Kirthar Range)
|
Siltstone, shale
|
Mainly Early Cretaceous (may extend Late Jurassic to Late Cretaceous)
|
59
|
Parh Limestone
|
Parh Range (Gaj River up reaches Baluchistan)
|
Limestone, Marl, Calcareous Shale
|
Late Cretaceous
|
60
|
Moghalkot Formation
|
Moghal Kot, Zhob & D.I. Khan Road
|
Mudstone, shale, marl
|
Campanian to Early Maestrichtian (Marks 1962:Williams 1959)
|
61
|
Fort Munro Formation
|
Western flank of Fort Munro anticline (Frt. Munro-DG Khan Road)
|
Limestone calcareous shale
|
Late Campanian to early Maestrichtian)
|
62
|
Pab Sandstone
|
Pab range Wirahab Nai (Kirthar Province)
|
Sandstone
|
Maestrichtian (funal evidance William , 1959, Hunting Survey 1961)
|
63
|
Moro Formation
|
Moro River (Johan Bibi Nani) Baluchistan
|
Limestone, marl
|
Maestrichtian
|
64
|
Chichaili Formation
|
Chichaili Pass (Surghar Range)
|
Sandstone, glauconitic shale with phosphate nodules
|
Cretaceous
|
65
|
Lumshiwal Formation
|
Lumshiwal Nala (Salt Range)
|
Sandstone, shale, limestone
|
Aptian to Early Albian ( Kohat) U. Neocomian to Mid. Albian (Kala Chitta & S. Hazara) In Hazara Tithonian to Mid. Albian (Fatmi 1972)
|
66
|
Kawagarh Formation
|
Kawagarh hills (north of Kala Chitta Cambellpur District)
|
Mari, challor, dark & shale
|
Late Coriacian to Companian
|
67
|
Rakhshani Formation
|
Rokhshani (eastern end of Dalbandin Chagai) Baluchistan
|
Sandstone, tuff
|
Paleocene
|
68
|
Ispikan Conglomerate
|
Ispikan, north Makran Balochistan
|
Conglomerate, limestone & andesitic rocks
|
Paleocene
|
69
|
Ranikot Group
|
Ranikot Fort northern part of Lakhi Range in Sindh
|
Limestone, sandstone, shale
|
Paleocene
|
70
|
Khadro Formation
|
Khadro Bara Nai section northern Lakhi Range Sindh
|
Sandstone, shale, basaltic flows
|
Early Paleocene
|
71
|
Bara Formation
|
Bara Nai, Northern Lakhi Range, Sindh
|
Sandstone, shale
|
Middle Paleocene
|
72
|
Lakhra Formation
|
Lakhra Bolari section, southern lank of Lakkra anticline, lakhi Range Sindh
|
Limestone, Sandstone, shale interbeds
|
Late Paleocene
|
73
|
Dungan Formation
|
Mirhat Tangi, 8km NE of hanai, Loralai Distt, Balochistan
|
Limestone, Marl, conglomerate
|
Paleocene to Lr. Eocene(funal evidence)
|
74
|
Hangu Formation
|
Fort Lockhart, Samana Range Kohat, NWFP
|
Shale, Carbonaceous Shale, nodular
|
Early Paleocene
(faunal evidence)
|
75
|
Lockhart Limestone
|
Fort Lockhart Samana Range Kohat, NWFP
|
Limestone, trans, fossiliferous
|
Paleocene
(faunal evidence)
|
76
|
Patala Formation
|
Patala Nala Range Punjab
|
Shale & marl, limestone
|
Late Paleocene
|
77
|
Saindak Formation
|
Saindak Fort, Chaga Baluchistan
|
Interbeds of shale, sandstone, volcanic rocks,
|
Eocene to Oligocene (Faunal evidence)
|
78
|
Kharan Formation
|
Near Jalwar, Kharan District. Baluchistan
|
Limestone,
|
Early to Mid Eocene (mid extend down into Paleocene)
|
79
|
Nisai Formation
|
North of Nisai Railway. Station Muslim Bagh, Baluchistan
|
Limestone, Marl, Shale
|
Eocene to Oligocene in Wagabi ) Early to Mid Eocene
|
80
|
Ghazij Formation
|
Spintangi, Hanai Distt. Baluchistan
|
Shale, claystone, albaster,
|
Lower Eocene (on faunal evidence)
|
81
|
Laki Formation
|
Mari Nai, SW of Bara Nai northern Lakhi range Sind
|
Limestone, calcareous shale, sandstone, laterite
|
Early Eocene
|
82
|
Kirthar Formation
|
Gaj River Section Kirthar Range Dadu, Sindh
|
Interbeds of limestone, shale with minor marl,
|
M. Eocene to Oligocene (Kirthar Province
|
83
|
Panoba Shale
|
South of Panoba village Kohat NWFP
|
Shale
|
Early Eocene
|
84
|
Shekhan Formation
|
Shekhan Nala Kohat, NWFP
|
Shale, limestone
|
Early Eocene
|
85
|
Bahadar Khel Salt
|
Bahadar Khel Salt Quarry Kohat, NWFP
|
Salt, sandstone & clay
|
Early Eocene
|
86
|
Margala Hill Limestone
|
Jatta Gypsum Quarry, Kohat NWFP
|
Marl, limestone
|
Early Eocene
|
87
|
Jatta Gypsum
|
Jatta Gypsum Quarry Kohat NWFP
|
Gypsum
|
Early Eocene
|
88
|
Ghorgali Formation
|
Ghorgali Pass Khair –Murat Range Potwar, Punjab
|
Shale, limestone
|
Early Eocene
|
89
|
Kuldana Formation
|
Kuldana Village Muree Hill, Hazara NWFP
|
Shale, marl, bleached dolomite
|
Early to Mid.Eocene
|
90
|
Kohat Formation
|
Section along Kohat Kushal garh highway
|
Interbeds of limestone & shale
|
Early to Mid.Eocene
|
91
|
Nammal Formation
|
Nammal Gorge Salt Range, Punjab
|
Shale intercalation, marl, limestone
|
Early Eocene
|
92
|
Sakesar Limestone
|
Sakesar Peak, Salt Range, Punjab
|
Marl, limestone
|
Early Eocene
|
93
|
Amalaf Formation
|
Amalf Section Chagai Baluchistan
|
Volcanic rocks sandstone, agglomerate,
|
Oligocene
|
94
|
Marken Group
|
Not designated relates to Makran coast, Baluchistan
|
Clastic sediments
|
Eocene to Early Pleistocene
|
95
|
Khojak Formation
|
Nauroz, 30 km NE of Kharan Kalat, Baluchistan
|
Shale, siltstone
|
Eocene to Early Miocene
|
96
|
Momani Group
|
Momani River section, Dadu Sind
|
Marine sediments with some estuarine shale
|
Oligocene to Early Miocene
|
97
|
Nari Formation
|
Gaj River Section Kirthar range, Dadu, Sindh
|
Shale, sandstone
|
Oligocene to Early Miocene
|
98
|
Hingalj Formation
|
Not Designated
Talar Gorge & Jiwani
|
Shale, mudstone minor conglomerate
|
Miocene to Pliocene in Balochistan Basin. Oligocene to Pleistocene in Axial Belt
|
99
|
Gaj Formation
|
Gaj River,Dadu, Sindh
|
Shale, fossiliferous
|
Early to Middle Miocene
|
100
|
Rawalpindi Gourp
|
Not Designated
|
Sandstone, Shale of fresh water origin
|
Miocene
|
101
|
Muree Formation
|
North of Dhok Maiki, Campbellpur, Punjab
|
Silstone, fossiliferous, Monotonous sequence of clay
|
Early Miocene
|
102
|
Kamlail
|
Southwest of Kamlail, Campbellpur, Punjab
|
Sandstone
|
Mid. to Late Miocene
|
103
|
Siwalik Group
|
Not designated
|
Clay, fossiliferous
|
Early Pleistocene Mid. Miocene
|
104
|
Chinji Formation
|
South of Chinji, Campbellpur, Punjab
|
Clay, sandstone
|
Late Miocene
|
105
|
Nagri Formation
|
Nagri village, Campbellpur District, Punjab
|
Salt, conglomerate, clay
|
Early Pliocene
|
106
|
Dhok Pathan Formation
|
Dhok village Campbellpur District, Punjab
|
Sandstone, clay, conglomerate
|
Mid. Pliocene
|
107
|
Soan Formation
|
Gaji Jagir, Sahil Road near Mujahid village north.of Soan River, Campellpur District, Punjab
|
Conglomerate, siltstone
|
Villafranchian Late Astian
|
108
|
Gawadar Formation
|
Gawadar, Makran, Balochistan
|
Sandy clay
|
Late Pliocene
|
109
|
Jiwani Formation
|
East of Jiwani to Ganj, Makran, Baluchistan
|
Shally, conglomerate, sandstone
|
Pleistocene
|
110
|
Haro Conglomerate
|
Kech Valley near Gish Kaur, Kharan, Balochistan
|
Congl , claystone, siltstone
|
Pleistocene
|
111
|
Bostan Formation
|
Pishi Lora valley, Pishin District. Baluchistan
|
Clay, conglomerate
|
Pleistocene
|
112
|
Lei Conglomerate
|
Lei River Section SE of Rawalpindi Punjab
|
Congl, Silstone, Eocene rocks
|
Pleistocene
|
