Muhammad Hanif and Stephen T. Grimes
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, United Kingdom
Malcolm B. Hart
National Centre of Excellence in Geology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
The existing Late Paleocene-Early Eocene planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Indus Basin, Pakistan is reviewed in this paper. The planktonic foraminiferal zones (i.e. P3-E5) of the currently used tropical to subtropical scheme are recognized in these successions, which has helped in the intra-basinal correlation of the Dungan and Shaheed Ghat formations (Lower Indus Basin) with the Patala and Nammal formations (Upper Indus Basin) of Pakistan. The presence of the Late Paleocene-Early Eocene planktonic foraminiferal assemblages (represented by three main genera; Acarinina, Subbottina and Morozovella) in Pakistan attest to the fact that tropical to subtropical warm surface water conditions existed through the Late Paleocene-Early Eocene interval.
