Indian Shield Rocks

Shield
 (A tectonic term); “a large area exposed
basement rocks in a craton, commonly with a
very gently convex surface, surrounded by
sediment covered plate form”
 The rocks of all shield areas are Precambrian
 Syn: Continental Shield, Cratogene, Continental
Nucleus
Craton
 “A part of earth crust that has attained stability,
and has been little deformed for prolong
period”
 The term is strictly used for Precambrian age
 Shield Rocks in Pakistan
 The Indian Shield elements are exposed in
areas of Sindh and Punjab
 In Sindh Plains, the basement rocks are exposed
near Nagar Parkar
 Whereas the Punjab the rocks are present near
Sarghodha
 The following complexes have been identified as
Indian Shield Rocks
 A. Nagar Parkar Igneous Complex
 B. Kirana Complex
A. Nagar Parkar Igneous Complex
 Jan et al 1997, Nagar Parkar Igneous Complex
 Earlier Butt et al 1994, Nagar Parkar Granitic

Lithology
 Oldest rocks are metamorphosed basic igneous rocks
 The acidic dykes have intruded these “metabasites”

 Metabasites are intruded by grey granite, which contains the

xenolith of the former rock type

 Pink grainite intrude the grey granite also carries xenoliths

 Again all the granites and other rocks are intruded by mafic
dytes (Note: means overall three time intrustion takes place)
Age
 Late Proterozoic (Precambrian)

Correlation
 Continuation of the granitoid of the Indian Rajistan

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B. Kirana Complex
 Exposed in Panjab, covering the areas from Sargodha
to Shahkot; under the
 lat. 310 34’ 30’’N-310 58’ 30’’N and
 long. 720 34’ 30’’E-730 34’ 30’’E
 Major exposures near the towns of Sargodha, Chiniot,
Shahkot and Sangla Hills
Composition
i. Metasedimentary Rocks
 Grey slates, red and grey quartzite and
conglomerate
ii. Volcanics and Metavolcanics
 No plutonic rock have been reported
 In lower part of the sequence
metasedimentary rocks interlayered with
andesite, rhyolite and tuff beds and solid lava
flow at the base
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