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

Amir Shahzad (), Munir ul hassan Munir, Muhammad Yasin, Muhammad Umar, Syed Rameez, Rafique Samad and Sibtan Altaf
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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
Sibtan Altaf: Department of Geology, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Neelum Campus, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Geology (PJG), 2017, vol. 1, issue 2, 16-20

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. .

Keywords: Margalla Hill Limestone; Battlian; Forams; Nummulites; Lockhartia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.26480/pjg.02.2017.16.20

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