Tectonic evolution and structural modeling of banda daud shah-surghar and mardan khel-soor dag transects, kohat basin, pakistan | [Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences • 2023]

Author(s):

1. Nasim Javid: Department of Earth Sciences and Environment, Faculty of Science and Technology, National University of Malaysia, Malaysia; Department of Geology, Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak, KP, Pakistan

2. Norasiah Sulaiman: Department of Earth Sciences and Environment, Faculty of Science and Technology, National University of Malaysia,,Malaysia

3. Sadaf Nayab: Foundation College,Peshawar, KP, Pakistan

4. Hikmat Salam: Department of Earth Sciences and Environment, Faculty of Science and Technology, National University of Malaysia, Malaysia; Department of Geology, Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak, KP, Pakistan

5. Muhammad Ishfaque: Key laboratory of Non-Ferrous Resources and Geological Hazards Detection, Central South University,Changsha ,China

Abstract:

The Kohat basin in the northwestern Pakistan is a sedimentary basin and a Fold-Thrust belt bounded by the Main Boundary Thrust in the north and the Surghar ranges in the south. Geological mapping, structural modelling and restoration have been conducted in central and southern Kohat basin to understand the evolution of the Fold and Thrust belt and its hydrocarbon potential. Surface geology of the area reveals the dominancy of thrust tectonics. Manzalai Anticlinorium, Karak fault zone and Surghar ranges are the prominent structural features of the area under discussion. Synclines are generally wide while anticlines are sharp, possibly due to the isostatic adjustment of ductile and incompetent Eocene evaporites, under the post Eocene stratigraphic column. This part of the Kohat basin is in the stage of initial deformation of the presently developed tectonic model in the northern Kohat basin, where it is believed to have formed by double decollement. The subsurface contour on top of the Paleocene shows promising traps in Manzalai anticline, Karak anticline, and Karak fault zone for the well-developed and proven petroleum system of the Kohat basin. The eastern and western structural transects (A-B and C-D) show crustal shortening of 15.19% and 6.63% respectively. Major crustal shortening and stress release is concentrated in the uplift of Manzalai structure and Karak fault zone. The un-mapable intra-formational en-echelon folding at the western part of the basin, toward the Kurram fault, represents transpressional tectonics.

Page(s): 105-121

DOI: DOI not available

Published: Journal: Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences, Volume: 56, Issue: 2, Year: 2023

Keywords:

Kohat Basin , Thrust tectonics , Structural transects , Manzalai Anticlinorium

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