1. MICROPALAEONTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EARLY EOCENE SAKESAR LIMESTONE, CENTRAL SALT RANGE, PAKISTAN.
- Author
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Ghazi, S., Sharif, S., Hanif, T., Ahmad, S., Aziz, T., and Riaz, M.
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PALEONTOLOGY ,LIMESTONE ,EOCENE paleoclimatology ,FOSSIL nummulites ,FORAMINIFERA - Abstract
The Early Eocene succession is well exposed in the Central Salt Range which consists of the Nammal Formation, the Sakesar Limestone and the Chor Gali Formation. The middle unit Sakesar Limestone was investigated for the foraminiferal assemblage and its palaeo environment reconstruction. The present study was based on data from Nilawahan, Sardhi, Karuli and Badshah-Pur sections. A total of 60 thin sections were studied for the detailed micropalaeontological analysis. Several species of larger benthic foraminifera were recorded including; Nummulites mamillatus, N. atacicus, Assilina spinosa, A. subspinosa, A. laminosa, A. granulosa, Lockhartia tipperi, L. conditi, Discocyclina dispansa and Alveolina globula along with Orbitolites, Miliolids and Algae. The presence of shallow water larger benthic foraminifera supported inner-shelf environment for the Early Eocene Sakesar Limestone. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015