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ABBOTTABAD REGIONS
Supervisors:
Dr. Suleman sb
Mr. Azhar Farooq swati sb
Submitted By:
Sohail Ahmed
Gul Dar Ali
Submitted To:
Dr. Suleman sb
Mr. Azhar Farooq swati sb
Date Of Field:
05-05-2019
Date of Submission :
15-05-2019
Field Days:
1 Day Field Work
LIST OF CONTENTS
Page NO
ACKNOWLEDGE
Day 1 (Station 1)
2.1.1 Stop 1 Hazara Formation……………………………………………… 7
2.1.2 Stop 1 Tanki Boulder Bed …………………………………………….. 7
Station 2
2.1.3 Stop 1 Abbottabad Formation…………………….…………………… 8
2.1.4 Stop 2 Botoridal Features………………………………………………. 9
2.1.5 Stop 3 Dolomite……………………………..………………………… 9
2.1.6 Stop 4: Botoridal on Dolomite…………………………………………… 10
2.1.7 Stop 5: Glassy Dolomite………………………………………….……… 10
Station 3
2.1.8 Stop 1: Hazira & Samanasuk Formations……..…………………………… 11
2.1.9 Stop 2: Oolites…..……………………………….………………………… 12
Station 4
2.2 Stop 1: Hangu Formation……………………………………………………… 13
2.2.1 Stop2: Geological Structures.…………………………………………..…… 13
2.2.2 Stop3: Borrow Molting…..……………………………………………..…… 15
Station 5
2.2.3 Stop1: Overturned Contact…………………………………………….…… 16
Station 6
2.2.4 Stop1: Chorgali Formation……………………………………………….… 16
2.2.5 Stop2: Assilina bedding…………………………………….……..………… 18
Station 7
2.2.6 Stop1: Structure: Syncline Fold …………………………..………………… 18
2.2.7 Stop2: Samana Suk Formation………………………………..…………… 19
2.2.8 Stop3: Samana Suk Formation: …..……………………………….……… 20
Station 8
2.2.9 Stop 1: Chichali and Samana suk…………………………………..……… 21
2.3 Stop2: Lumshiwal Formation……………………………..………………… 21
2.3.1 Stop 3: Kawagarh Formation……………………………..………………. 22
CONCLUSION
REFERENCE
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Acknowledge:
I am very thankfull to my department because they provide us good teachers and oppurtunity for
field. Especially Dr. Suleman sb and Mr. Azhar farooq swati sb by these we able to learn lot of thing
about stratigraphy of that area.
INTRODUCTION:
The Field Work was organized by the Department Of Geology, University Of Peshawar
for the students of Part 2 towards the Hazara on 5th May 2019.
The place selected for our field trip was Hazara and Abbottabad. Hazara is the north-eastern part of
Khyber pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located east of the indus river and Comprises seven
district Abbottabad, Battagram, Haripur, Mansehra, Upper Kohistan, Lower Kohistan and Torghar. We
went to the field over university transport at the Date: 5-May-2019. It was basically one day field. Our 1st
stop is the South Eastern Hazar, Which is the part of lesser Himalayan.
It contains rocks with age from Precambrian (Hazara formation) to Miocene age (Muree
Formation). In Hazara Stratigraphy, the Precambrian-Cambrian unconformable contact is
marked by the basal Tanaki Conglomerate. There is invariable stratigraphic break in the
succession below the upper Jurassic. The cretaceous-tertiary boundary is marked by the residual
deposits as laterite of ferruginous pisolite. The Eocene-Miocene time gap is marked by the basal
Pebble-bed (Fateh-Jang Member).
Diagrammatical View:
Faunjal Fault
Muree Fault/MBT
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Souther Extremity: Muree Fault
Map View:
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1.2 EQUIPMENT AND TOOL:
There were certain equipment and tools were used by us in the field to fulfill over
objectives which includes:
The geologic formations of the Hazara district range in age from Precambrian to Quaternary and
include Sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks and Unconsolidated material.
The rock units of Precambrian and possibly early Paleozoic age (Salkhala and Hazara Formations)
and early and middle Paleozoic age (Tanawal Formation) are mainly clastic, although the Salkhala
Formation contains considerable nonclastic carbonate material. A long period of mainly carbonate
deposition, extending from the Carboniferous to the Eocene, is recorded in a nearly complete
sequence of rock units totaling about 5,500 feet in thickness. Clastic deposits become dominant in the
middle and late Tertiary, reflecting the beginning of the Himalayan orogeny, which ultimately
deformed all rocks in the region.
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Table 1.1 Shows Regional Stratigraphy of Hazara
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The different stations which was Observed are:
Station: 1
INTRODUCTION:
It was our 1st station where we observe the Precambrian rock unit hazara Formation,
Unconformable contact ( Conglumarate bed) and Abbottabad formation. There we also observe
Abbottabad formation, Which has unconformable Contact with hazara formation.
Lithology:
Color: Green to dark green on Fresh surface while rusty brown to dark on weather surface.
Age: Precambrian
It is Conglumarate bed which shows unconformity between Hazar Formation & Abbottabad
formation. In the Conglomerate slate, siltstone and inclusion of Tanawal Quartzite is presents.
Picture View:
Figure 1.3 shows the Unconformable contact (Tanaki Conglomerate bed) with Hazara Formation
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Figure 1.4 shows Tanaki Boulder
Station: 2
Lithology:
It mainly consisting of dolomite, Quartzite, Argellious Phyllite, Inter bedded with greenish color
shale and Quartzite.
Fauna: Hyoliths
Age: Cambrian
Picture View:
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2.1.4 Stop 2: Botroidal Feature:
It has White stuff (Calcite deposit). Their deposition occurs in small scale in cavity. It was deposited
in cavities.
Picture View:
Features:
Butcher Chup
Formation: Abbotabad
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2.1.6 Stop 4: Botoridal on Dolomite
Feature:
Picture View:
Here we also observed Dolomite. But it is different from those which were observed previously.
Deposition:
Chemical deposition
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Station: 3
INTRODUCTION:
In this stop we observe the Contact between Hazira & Samansuk Formation which was dis
conformable. Kingriali not exposed here.
Lithology:
Contact: Lower conformable contact with Abbotabad formation, while upper dis conformable
contact with samanasuk.
Fauna: Hyoliths
Age: Cambrian
Lithology:
Age: Jurassic
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Picture View: Figure 2.0 shows Contact between Hazira & Samanasuk Formation
Samanasuk
Hazira Formation
Picture View:
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Station: 4
Lithology:
It consists of Carbonate shale, Laterite (reddish Color, Form due to intense weathering) and white
quartzose sandstone.
Hangu Formation
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Tight Anticline & Syncline
Upper anticline (Hinge) tilted toward the west
Hill ranges and the above all are east- west oriented
Pressure: From east direction.
Kashmir and Hazara also tilted to the west
Lower and Upper bedding thickness increases
Middle thin bedded (Carbonates), which act as ductile.
In Hinge Zone their have parallel joints.
There have Carbonate shale, sandy limestone & Yellow dolomite beds.
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2.2.2 Stop3: Borrow Molting
Forms:
Age: Jurassic
Picture View:
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Station 5:
Indication of Fault: Samana suk vertical mean that there is some fault present, called Bagnotar fault.
Picture View:
SamanaSuk
Hazara Formation
Figure 2.5 shows Bagnotar Fault an Over turned sequence between Samanasuk & Hazara Formation
Station 6:
Lithology:
It contain shally, thin bedded limestone intebedded with shale, which have soft argillaceous.
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Contact:
Age: Eocene
Picture View:
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2.2.5 Stop2: Assilina bedding:
Picture View:
Station: 7
In Core:
Lithology:
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2.2.6-b Syncline Limb:
Picture View:
Samanasuk
Chichali
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Picture View:
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Station 8:
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Picture View:
Fine grained
Conchoidal Fracture
All Micritic (Lime mud)
Hardness: Very Hard
Breaking: Along Conchoidal Fracture
Deep Micritic pelagie
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CONCLUSION
It was a great experience of us to go to Hazara & Abbottabad for geological field trip. It gave us extra
knowledge about geology of Hazara. The weather of the Hazara & Abbottabad was Awesome
though it was beginning of May.
REFERENCE
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