ASPECTS OF THE CENOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE NORTHERN SULAIMAN RANGES,PAKISTAN

The results of micropalaeontological, nannopalaeontological and palyno logical analyses of Cenozoic sections from the Northern Sulaiman Range s in Pakistan are discussed. They are in keeping with previously publi shed results (though in some cases significantly more refined). They e nable placement of most of the sampled lithostratigraphic units in a g lobal bio- and sequence-stratigraphic framework. Limestones appear to be associated with essentially transgressive global sequences, shales with essentially regressive sequences. Palaeoenvironmental interpretat ions indicate a range of depositional settings from continental throug h shallow marine to basinal. A number of shallow marine carbonate plat form subenvironments are recognized over the Palaeocene-Eocene section .