Open-File Report 2015–1121
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Orris, G.J., Dunlap, Pamela, and Wallis, J.C., 2015, Phosphate occurrence and potential in the region of Afghanistan, including parts of China, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, with a section on geophysics by Jeff Wynn: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1121, 70 p., https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151121.
ISSN 2331-1258 (online)
Abstract
Introduction
Phosphate Rock
Known Resources of the Region
Neoproterozoic–Cambrian Sedimentary Phosphate
Ordovician Sedimentary Phosphate
Devonian Sedimentary Phosphate
Permian Sedimentary Phosphate
Triassic-Jurassic Sedimentary Phosphate
Cretaceous Sedimentary Phosphate
Paleogene Sedimentary Phosphate
Neogene Sedimentary Phosphate
Igneous Phosphate- Carbonatites
Igneous Phosphate- Kiruna and Other
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Discussion and Summary
Afghan Phosphate Geophysics Report by Jeff Wynn
Acknowledgments
References
Appendix (1)
Figures (31)
Tables (6)