Open AccessThe Kala Chitta foreland fold and thrust belt, Northern Pakistan
Author(s) -
M. Kaleem Akhtar Qureshi,
Abida Butt,
Riaz Ahmed Sheikh
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of nepal geological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2676-1378
DOI - 10.3126/jngs.v10i0.32133
Subject(s) - geology , precambrian , foreland basin , slates , fold (higher order function) , paleontology , syncline , mountain formation , fold and thrust belt , geochemistry , geomorphology , tectonics , mechanical engineering , engineering
The present structural framework of the Kala Chitta Range evolved through movement between two detachment surfaces. The Precambrian Attock Slates acted as a basal detachment surface above which large scale horizontal compression took place to produce the main structural framework of the Kala Chitta Range. The Middle Eocene argillaceous and gypsiferous Kuldana Formation behaved as the upper detachment surface giving rise to blind thrusts which were later exposed due to the intense erosion of the overlying folded Miocene strata.