Tectonic Map of Central and Western Sulaiman Fold Belt, Pakistan

Ishtiaq A. K. Jadoon, Department of Earth Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan (2010)
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Cretaceous

Eocene

Cretaceous da
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T
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n

29
30

Go

20 km

Eocene
68

69
Alluvium

Quaternary

Pliocene-Miocene

Eocene

Cretaceous

(Molasse Sediments)

(Ghazij)

(Pub, Mughalkot, Parh,

Goru, Sembar Fms.)

Paleocene

Jurassic

(D
(Dungan,
R ik Fms.)
Ranikot
F )

(Chiltan, Loralai Fms.)

Eocene (Kirthar)

Dada Conglomerate

(Drazinda, Pirkoh, Domanda

Habib Rahi, Baska, Drug Fms.)

CENTRAL SULAIMAN FOLD BELT

Paleocene

Mari Pop-Up Zone

Passive backthrust

Kurdan

K
J

2
Top Jurassic

Tr

10

10

Crystalline Basement

Mughalkot Fm. (Tadri Main)

50

KM

Bedding

Faults

Fractures

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Eoc-Pal

TWTT

Tadri

Folds

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