3 International Mul linary Research Conference Serial No. SUI Global Prosperity through Research & Innovation Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology Geological Field Guide through the Western China Pakistan Economic Corridor: Potential Sites of Geological Heritage Yasir Shaheen Khalil’, Muhammad Awais? \Geologieal Survey of Pakistan, Quetta, Pakistan {Department of Geology, University of Swabi, Swabi, Pakistan Abstract The Himalayan Formation and Tethys Ocexxan closure were spectacular events in the history of earth, Thousands kilometer of sedimentary rocks, oceanic crust, island are have been compressed, folded and elevated into just 500 km stretch of mountain belt which has been cut by the Indus River and tributaries at least since Pliocene, The Wester China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Project Route serves as a cross section exposing geological units and structures of the Eurasian Plate, Kohistan Island Are, Tethys Ocean and Indian Plate. The huge outcrops along the traverse are present nowhere in the world. Every outcrop section along the traverse carries its own secret geological history that has attracted geologists from every comer of the earth, The Westem CPEC route will pass from the Khunjerab Pass through Gilgit, Jijal, Besham, Swat, Peshawar, Kohat, Lakki Marwat, Mughal Kot, Zhob, Quetta, Khuzdar and Panjgur to Gawadar. Apart from economic perspective, this western CPEC route passes through unmatched geological features which have got the potential to be declared as the global geo-parks. Some of these geological features include the Main Karakoram Thrust (MKT), Kohistan Island Are (KIA), Fi Complex, Main Boundary Thrust (MBT) near Kohat, Trans Indus Ranges Thrust (Trans Indus | Complex, Main Mantle Thrust (MMT), Mingora Emerald mines, Nowshehra Reef Ranges) near Lakki, Sulaiman Fold Belt (Mughal Kot-Zhob), Zhob Valley Ophiolites, Pishin Basin, Chaman Fault near Khuzdar and Makran Accretionary Prism.