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FIELD GEOLOGY
BS-Geology-2A
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FIELD TRIP TO
RUMLI
INTRODUCTION 3
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 FIELD NAME:
Rumli Islamabad
 SITUATED AT:
Back side of Quaid-e-Azam University
 GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES:
Latitude: 33.45 to 33.46
Longitude: 73.7 to 73.8

 Rumli is a small village which is situated at back side of Quaid-

e-Azam University Islamabad. It is approximately 3km away
from the university. Over all climate of the area is humid
subtropical.
TOPOSHEET OF RUMLI 5
RUMLI 6
Equipment's: 7

1. Hammer
2. Brunton Compass
3. Measurement Tape
4. HCl
5. Tape (for writing purpose)
6. Sample bag
7. Camera
8. Lens
9. Map
10. Topo sheets
11. Stationary
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STATIONS:

 Station No 1: Murree Formation

 Station No 2: Margalla Hills Limestone
 Station No 3: Chorgali Formation
 Station No 4: End of Chorgali
 Station No 5: Khuldana Formation
GENERAL STRATIGRAPHY: 9

Formation Age

 Murree Formation  Eocene

 Margalla Hill Limestone  Miocene

 Chorgali Formation  Eocene

 End of Chorgali  Eocene

 Khul Dana Formation  Eocene

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MURREE FORMATION
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Station no. 1

Full bed
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 Murree formation
 Age is Eocene
 In this found Sandstone, clay
 Thickness 5.5m

DIP AND STRIKE:

 DIP: N65°W
 STRIKE: 45°NE
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Lithology of each bed:

Bed No Lithology’s

1 Clay

2 Sandstone

3 Sandstone with subordinate clay

4 Sandstone

5 Sandstone

6 Sandstone
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Thickness of each body

Bed No Thickness

1 2.2 m

2 0.6 m

3 01 M

4 0.7 m

5 0.7 m

6 0.3 m
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Colors of each bed:

Bed No Weathered color Fresh color

1 Moderate radish orange Moderate radish orange

2 Pale Red Pale Red

3 Moderate orange pink Pale brown

4 Grayish Orange pink Light Brown

5 Dark Reddish brown Pale reddish brown

6 Olive Gray Olive Gray

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TopoSheet 17
Station No 2: 18

Margalla Hills limestone

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Station No 2

Full Bed
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 Margalla hills limestone

 Age is Miocene
 In this we found Pure sandstone
 Also found nodules & Marl + Clay
 Total thickness 20m
 Total no. of beds were 3
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Composition of each bed:

Bed No Composition

1 Limestone

2 Limestone

3 Marl
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Thickness of each bed:

Bed No Thickness

1 2.4

2 0.7

3 2.6
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Colors of each bed:

Bed No Weather color Fresh color

1 Grayish orange pink Pale red

2 Grayish yellow Pale yellow brown

3 Pale yellowish orange Pale yellowish orange

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Toposheet 25
Station No 3: 26

Chorgali Formation
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Station No. 3

 Chorgali Formation
 Here we found Limestone
 In this station we observe kink anticline
fold.
 Dip & Strike
Toposheet 28
Station No 4: 29

End of Chorgali
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Station No. 4

 End of Chorgali
 Here we found limestone
 We observe vertical bed
 Total 21 beds were observed
 Thickness of all beds was 21.5m
 We observed the bed which was in vertical
shape.
 We find location with the help of brunton
compass(back bearing)
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Bed Number Lithology’s Thickness
1 Shale 0.6m
2 Marl 0.3m
3 Limestone 0.3m
4 Marl + Shale 0.1m
5 Marl 0.96m
6 Limestone 2m
7 Marl 0.5m
8 Shale 1m
9 Marl 3.2m
10 Limestone 3.86m
11 Shale 0.65m
12 Limestone 0.5m
13 Shale 0.5m
14 Limestone 1.3m
15 Marl + Shale 0.5m
16 Limestone 0.75m
17 Marl 0.82m
18 Limestone 0.78m
19 Shale 0.41m
20 Shale 2.2m
21 Limestone 0.3m
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Station No 4: 34

Back Bearing
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Station No. 5:

 The last station of our field trip is Khuldana

Formation
 We found the marl & shale
 We also observe fossils;
1. Assilina
2. Nummulita
3. Alveolina
 We inspected those fossils by the help of
lenses
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Conclusion 37

 We visited RUMLI located behind QAU, Islamabad

 We visited 5 different stations
 We observed Murree, Margalla limestone,
Chorgali, End of Chorgali & Khuldana Formations
 We observed clay, shale, limestone, sandstone,
dolomite, calcareous clay, nodules & marl
 We came to know how to identify different rocks
by using HCl
 We came to know the proper use of BRUNTON
Compass, i.e. taking Dips & Strike of rocks + Trend
& Plunge of different rock beds
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 We learn how to locate ourselves on Topographic
sheet
 We came to know the proper use of geological
equipment's
 Collected different samples of rocks

 In Short,
This was a introductory field trip in
order to have us a concept of relationship between
geology & practical field work.
References: 39

 www.scribd.com
 www.wikipedia.com
 www.slideshare.com
 http://allaboutgeology.blogspot.com/2011/04/str
atigraphy-of- pakistan.html
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