Foreland basin unconformity, Western Himalaya, Pakistan: timing gap, regional correlation and tectonic implications

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Table 1 The summary of the ages of the studied samples from Kuldana and Murree formations and estimated unconformity period, northwestern Himalayas, Pakistan

Formation name	Sample Nos.	Section name	Age estimation method	Sample age (Ma)	Formation age (Ma)	Unconformity period	References
Murree Formation	BB-5	Balakot section	Weighted mean age	22.5 ± 0.6	22.5 ± 0.6	~ 14.5 Ma	This study and Ding et al. (2016), Qasim et al. (2018)
	BT-11		Weighted mean age	34.7 ± 1
	MY-33	Muzaffarabad section	Youngest detrital zircon age	22.7 ± 0.4
	MY-32A		Youngest detrital zircon age	33.6 ± 0.5
	MY-30		Youngest detrital zircon age	26.20 ± 0.4
Kuldana Formation	BTM-2	Balakot section	Weighted mean age	46 ± 1	37 ± 1.7
	BT-7		Weighted mean age	45.85 + 1.25 − 1.85
	BT-9		Weighted mean age	43.80 + 0.70 − 0.80
	BB-8		Weighted mean age	45.20 + 1.80 − 3.20
	BT-14A		Weighted mean age	45.70 + 0.30 − 0.70
	MY-14	Muzaffarabad section	Weighted mean age	46.5 ± 2.8
	2015MY5		Weighted mean age	37 ± 1.7