Chichali Formation

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Chichali Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early-"Mid Cretaceous"
Type Geological formation
Underlies Lumshiwal Formation
Overlies Samana Suk Formation
Lithology
Primary Laterite, glauconitic sandstone, carbonaceous green shale
Location
Coordinates 33°49′00″N72°04′00″E / 33.81667°N 72.06667°E / 33.81667; 72.06667
Region Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Country Pakistan
Extent Indus Basin
  Nizampur Basin
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Chichali Formation (Pakistan)

The Chichali Formation is an Early to "Middle Cretaceous" geologic formation in Pakistan. Plesiosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from its strata. The formation comprises laterites, glauconitic sandstones and carbonaceous green shales deposited on an outer ramp in the Nizampur Basin. [1]

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References

  1. Hashmi et al., 2018

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