Stratigraphy and paleontology of coal beds in the Ghazij Shale, Sor Range-Daghari Coal Field, Quetta Division, Pakistan

Open-File Report 75-274
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Abstract

Coal mine tunnels and surface sections in the Ghazij Shale of early Eocene age in the coal field near Quetta, Pakistan, were sampled in detail in order to make a foraminiferal analysis. This analysis and consequent correlations suggest that the coal seams are lenticular and have little lateral continuity. The planktonic Foraminifera date the geologic age of the coal-bearing sequences as early Eocene. Other Foraminifera indicate the shallow-water environment of deposition of the coal. Evidence is presented to show that coal was deposited in a series of unconnected swamps or marshes.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Stratigraphy and paleontology of coal beds in the Ghazij Shale, Sor Range-Daghari Coal Field, Quetta Division, Pakistan
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 75-274
DOI 10.3133/ofr75274
Year Published 1975
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description ii, 16 p.
Country Pakistan
City Quetta
Other Geospatial Sor Range-Daghari Coal Field, Quetta Division
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