Chichali Formation

Geologic formation in Pakistan
Chichali Formation is located in Pakistan
Chichali Formation
Chichali Formation (Pakistan)

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]

See also

  • Plesiosaur stratigraphic distribution

References

  1. ^ Hashmi et al., 2018

Bibliography

  • Hashmi, Syed Irfanullah; Irfan U. Jan; Suleman Khan, and Nowrad Ali. 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. Accessed 2020-07-08.