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- Title
Petrography, geochemistry and depositional model of Ispikan Conglomerate, Makran Accretionary Prism, Southwest Pakistan.
- Authors
Farooqui, Muhammad Ahmed; Khalil-Ur-Rehman; Yaseen, Amir; Roohi, Ghazala; Umar, Muhammad
- Abstract
Sedimentology, petrography, and geochemistry of the Ispikan Conglomerate of southwest Makran have been studied to establish its stratigraphic position, age, provenance, and depositional environment. Very thin to massive beds, poor sorting, no fabric, and poor grading are the common features. It is composed of mostly reworked, medium- to coarse-grained pebbly sandstone, siltstone, and discontinuous lenses of matrix- and clast-supported conglomerate. The sandstone is composed of angular to sub-angular, poorly sorted, immature grains having Q72F13L15 as average composition. Pebbles are of mostly metamorphic and acidic igneous origin. Large angular boulders (~1.5m) of sandstone indicate quick debris flow conditions. Geochemical discriminants suggest the derivation of Ispikan sediments from an active continental margin. The Nb and Zr/Th and Ba/Y values indicate the continental island arc setting, whereas a high K/Rb ratio points to the derivation of detritus from an acid and intermediate source. Ispikan Conglomerate is interpreted as an Eocene olistostrome formed after a localized submarine debris flow triggered by slope failure.
- Subjects
PAKISTAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLOGY; CONGLOMERATE; ACCRETIONARY wedges (Geology); ISLAND arcs; DEBRIS avalanches
- Publication
Kuwait Journal of Science, 2022, Vol 49, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2307-4108
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.48129/kjs.v49i1.10486