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]
| 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″N 72°04′00″E / 33.81667°N 72.06667°E |
| Region | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Extent | Indus Basin Nizampur Basin |
  Chichali Formation (Pakistan) | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Hashmi et al., 2018
Bibliography
edit- Hashmi, Syed Irfanullah; Jan, Irfan U.; Khan, Suleman; Ali, Nowrad (2018), "Depositional, diagenetic and sequence stratigraphic controls on the reservoir potential of the Cretaceous Chichali and Lumshiwal formations, Nizampur Basin, Pakistan", Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences, 51: 44–65, retrieved 2020-07-08