NEW FINDINGS OF PERMIAN FUSULINIDS AND CORALS FROM WESTERN KARAKORUM AND E HINDU KUSH (PAKISTAN)

Authors

  • ERNST JA. LEVEN
  • MAURIZIO GAETANI
  • STEFAN SCHROEDER

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/5868

Keywords:

Permian, Fusulinida, Rugosa, Karakorum, Hindu Kush, Pakistan

Abstract

Additional findings of fusulinids and corals from Permian rocks of Western Karakorum and Eastern Hindu Kush are reported. The Lashkargaz Fm. of Western Karakorum (Sakmarian - Kubergandian in age), is redefined in its uppermost part. A new unit of sucrosic dolostone, the Ini Sar Fm., of early Murgabian age in its basal part, is established for a level previously attributed to the Ailak Fm. The Ailak Fm. is confirmed to be Late Permian in its lower part. A rich fusulinid fauna of early Kubergandian age was found in a carbonate nappe previously unidentified, along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in the Eastern Hindu Kush.

 

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2007-07-31

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