IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/zib/zbnpjg/v1y2017i2p16-20.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Biostratigraphy Of Early Eocene Margala Hill Limestone In The Muzaffarabad Area (Kashmir Basin, Azad Jammu And Kashmir)

Author

Listed:
  • Amir shahzad

    (Department of Geology, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Neelum Campus, Pakistan)

  • Munir ul hassan munir

    (Institute of Geoloy, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan)

  • Muhammad Yasin

    (Institute of Geoloy, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan)

  • Muhammad Umar

    (Department of Earth science, Comsats, Abbottabad, Pakistan)

  • Syed Rameez

    (Department of Geology, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Neelum Campus, Pakistan)

  • Rafique Samad

    (Department of Geology, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Neelum Campus, Pakistan)

  • SibtanAltaf

    (Department of Geology, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Neelum Campus, Pakistan)

Abstract

The Early Eocene Margalla Hill Limestone is well exposed in core of Hazara Kashmir Syntaxis. A section at Battlian is measured and sampled for paleontological studies, where its lower contact with Patala Formation and upper contact with Chorgali Formation is transitional and conformable. The total observed thickness is 73 meters and 60 samples were collected from bottom to top at different levels, 50 thin sections were studied. 19 species of larger forams including age diagnostic Nummulites mamillatus, Nummulites atacicus, Assilina spinosa, Assilina laminosa, Assilina granulosa, Assilina exponens, Textularia sp., Miliolid sp., Alveoloina pasticillata, Alveolina elliptica, Alveolina ovulum, Quinqueloculina, Discocyclina peruviana, Rotalia trochidiformis, Ranikothalia sindensis, Skeasaria ornata Nodosaria sp., Lockhartia tipper and Dasycladacean algae were also observed. In conclusions, presence of benthic foraminifera indicated that Margala Hill Limestone was deposited in Neotethys warm and shallow marine in the Battlian area Muzaffarabad, whereas early Eocene age is assigned on the basis of benthic foraminifera observed. .

Suggested Citation

  • Amir shahzad & Munir ul hassan munir & Muhammad Yasin & Muhammad Umar & Syed Rameez & Rafique Samad & SibtanAltaf, 2017. "Biostratigraphy Of Early Eocene Margala Hill Limestone In The Muzaffarabad Area (Kashmir Basin, Azad Jammu And Kashmir)," Pakistan Journal of Geology (PJG), Zibeline International Publishing, vol. 1(2), pages 16-20, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:zib:zbnpjg:v:1:y:2017:i:2:p:16-20
    DOI: 10.26480/pjg.02.2017.16.20
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://pakjgeology.com/download/656/
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.26480/pjg.02.2017.16.20?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:zib:zbnpjg:v:1:y:2017:i:2:p:16-20. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Zibeline International Publishing (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://pakjgeology.com/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.