Supervisors:

Dr. Sarah J. Davies & Dr Jan A. Zalasiewicz (University of Leicester) and Prof. Dr. Michael H. Stephenson (British Geological Survey)

Project overview: The Carboniferous-Permian succession of the Salt and

Late Carboniferous palaeogeographic map showing the possible position of the Salt Range, Pakistan

Khisor ranges of Pakistan is relatively little-studied and the palaeogeography and palaeoclimatology of this southern Palaeotethys area is poorly constrained. This research combines palynological (fossil plant spore and pollen) and

Location map of the Salt Range and Khisor Range, Pakistan

sedimentological analysis to place the successions in their regional stratigraphic context and understand vegetation changes and the evolution of depositional environments in this area during the Carboniferous-Permian icehouse period.

Publications:

Jan, I. U. Davies, S. J. Zalasiewicz, J. A. Stephenson, M. H. & Haneef, M. Palaeoenvironmental analysis of the Carboniferous-Permian Tobra Formation of low-latitude Tethyan Salt Range, Pakistan (submitted; Geological Magazine).

Jan, I. U. & Stephenson, M. H. 2011. Palynology and regional correlation of the upper Pennsylvanian Tobra Formation, Zaluch Nala, Salt Range, Pakistan, Palynology, 35, 212-225.

Jan, I. U. Stephenson, M. H. & Khan, F. R. 2009. Palynostratigraphic correlation of the Sardhai Formation (Permian) of Pakistan. 2009. Review of Palaebotany and Palynology, 158, 72-82.

Research grants:

Supporting the PhD

NCEG, University of Peshawar Pakistan, BGS University Funding Initiative (BUFI), University of Leicester and the Department of Geology

Geological Society of London 2010 Edmund Johnson Fund for PhD analytical work

Supporting Conference and Short-course Attendance

IPC3 2010 London: IFPS travel grant

CIMP 2010 General Meeting in Poland Warsaw-Kielce, September 13-16, 2010: CIMP travel grant

ECORD Summer School in palaeoclimatology in Urbino, Italy: UK-IODP travel grant

BGS sponsorship for geological field trip to Milos island, Greece

Palynology short course, Netherlands: Supervisor funds

Published abstracts:

Jan, I. U. & Stephenson, M. H. 2010. Age and regional context of the Carboniferous-Permian glacigenic Tobra Formation (Salt Range, Pakistan). Proceedings of the 3rd International Palaeontological Congress, London, UK, 211 (http://www.ipc3.org/docs/ProgrammeAbstractsfull.pdf).

Jan, I. U. & Stephenson, M. H. 2010. Palynology of the? glacigenic Carboniferous Tobra Formation of Pakistan. In: MARZENA, O. MARZENA, S & ANDRZEJ, L. (eds) Proceedings of the CIMP Poland 2010 General Meeting, Warsaw, 26-28 (http://www.ing.pan.pl/CIMP-2010/Graph_Attach/CIMP-2010_abstract%20.pdf).

Jan, I. U. & Stephenson, M. H. 2009. Palynostratigraphy of the Sardhai Formation (Permian) of Pakistan. In: FARNANDES, P. PEREIRA, Z. OLIVEIRA, J. T. CLAYTON, G & WICANDER, R. (eds) proceeding of the CIMP Faro'09, II Joint Meeting of Spores/Pollen and Acritarchs CIMP Subcommissions. University of Algarve Portugal, 53-56. (http://www.cimp.ulg.ac.be/CIMP%20publications/CIMP%20Faro2009%20abstracts.pdf).

Jan, I. U. Stephenson, H. & Stolle, E. 2009. Stratigraphic significance of monosaccate pollen, Florinites balmei. 1st British Geological Survey-BUFI Science Festival. Nottingham, UK.

Jan, I. U. Stephenson, M. H.  & Stolle, E. 2008. The stratigraphic and palaeogeographic occurrence of the Mid-Permian pollen grain ?Florinites balmei. Proceedings of the Palaeontological Association (Palass) 52nd annual meeting. Glasgow, UK, pp. 59. (http://downloads.palass.org/annual_meeting/2008/Glasgow2008abstracts.pdf)

News letters/Reports:

Jan. I. U. 2010. Developments in the Carboniferous-Permian palynology and regional palynostratigraphic correlation of the Salt Range, Pakistan. Report submitted to the Geological Society of London for 2010 Edmund Johnson Fund (http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/webdav/site/GSL/shared/pdfs/Society/Reports%202010%20grants.pdf) 

Jan. I. U. 2010. Urbino summer school in palaeoclimatology, Italy, 2009. UK-Integrated ocean drilling programme annual news letter, 35, 49 (http://www.bgs.ac.uk/iodp/docs/UKIODP_35.pdf)

Stephenson, M. H. Jan, I. U. & Al-Mashaikie, S. 2009. Advances in Permian palynological correlation in the southern Tethys. Subcomission on Permian stratigraphy news letter, Permophiles, 54, 24-25.

Supervisors’ webpages:

Dr. Sarah J. Davies

Dr Jan A. Zalasiewicz

Prof. Dr. Michael H. Stephenson (British Geological Survey)

Link to the palaeobiology research group University of Leicester:

http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/geology/extranet/research/Palaeobiol/palaeobiology-group

Irfan U. Jan official webpage:

http://nceg.upesh.edu.pk/irfanullah.html

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