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A Paleogeographic and Depositional Model for the Neogene Fluvial Succession, Pishin Belt, Northwest Pakistan: Effect of Post Collisional Tectonics on Sedimentation in a Peripheral Foreland Setting
Aimal K. KASI,
Akhtar M. KASSI,
Muhammad UMAR,
Henrik FRIIS,
Mohibullah MOHIBULLAH,
Razzaq A. MANAN,
Aimal K. KASI
Centre of Excellence in Mineralogy, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan
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Department of Geology, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan
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Muhammad UMAR
Department of Geology, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan
Department of Earth Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan
Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorHenrik FRIIS
Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University, Denmark
Search for more papers by this authorMohibullah MOHIBULLAH
Department of Geology, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorRazzaq A. MANAN
Centre of Excellence in Mineralogy, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorAimal K. KASI,
Akhtar M. KASSI,
Muhammad UMAR,
Henrik FRIIS,
Mohibullah MOHIBULLAH,
Razzaq A. MANAN,
Aimal K. KASI
Centre of Excellence in Mineralogy, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorAkhtar M. KASSI
Department of Geology, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan
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Muhammad UMAR
Department of Geology, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan
Department of Earth Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan
Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorHenrik FRIIS
Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University, Denmark
Search for more papers by this authorMohibullah MOHIBULLAH
Department of Geology, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorRazzaq A. MANAN
Centre of Excellence in Mineralogy, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 27 April 2018
About the first author:
Aimal K. KASI: born in Quetta, Pakistan, in 1977. I did my M.Sc. in Geology from University of Balochistan (UOB), Pakistan in 2002. I was appointed as Lecturer in same university in 2003. After completing my M. Phil. I was promoted to Assistant Professor in Centre of Excellence in Mineralogy, UOB. In 2014 I obtained Ph.D. degree and subsequently promoted to the position of Associate Professor in 2015. Clastic sedimentology and sandstone petrology has been my research field. I have worked on lithofacies of deep marine succession of Makran Accretionary Prism. Fluvial and deltaic successions of Katawaz basin and Sulaiman Fold-Thrust-Belt in western Pakistan.
Abstract
Detailed facies analysis of the Neogene successions of the Pishin Belt (Katawaz Basin) has enabled documentation of successive depositional systems and paleogeographic settings of the basin formed by the collision of the northwestern continental margin of the Indian Plate and the Afghan Block. During the Early Miocene, subaerial sedimentation started after the final closure of the Katawaz Remnant Ocean. Based on detailed field data, twelve facies were recognized in Neogene successions exposed in the Pishin Belt. These facies were further organized into four facies associations i.e. channels, crevasse splay, natural levee and floodplain facies associations. Facies associations and variations provided ample evidence to recognize a number of fluvial architectural components in the succession e.g., low-sinuosity sandy braided river, mixed-load meandering, high-sinuosity meandering channels, single-story sandstone and/or conglomerate channels, lateral accretion surfaces (point bars) and alluvial fans. Neogene sedimentation in the Pishin Belt was mainly controlled by active tectonism and thrusting in response to the oblique collision of the Indian Plate with the Afghan Block of the Eurasian Plate along the Chaman-Nushki Fault. Post Miocene deformation of these formations successively caused them to contribute as an additional source terrain for the younger formations.
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