METHODS

We collected paleocurrent information for the major sandstone units in the Chitarwata Formation and the lower portion of the Vihowa Formation at Dalana in the Zinda Pir Dome area. Our data were collected along measured sections with chronostratigraphic control and focused on mesoform features including large-scale planar crossbedding and trough crossbedding (Figure 2). Sedimentary structures evaluated in this study were > 0.5 m in size. The Plate Tectonic Mapping System of the ODSN Plate Tectonic Reconstruction Service (Ocean Drilling Stratigraphic Network 2004) was used to evaluate plate configurations during deposition of the Chitarwata Formation. Paleocurrent measurements were structurally corrected for both the folding characteristics of the Zinda Pir Dome and the counterclockwise rotation of the Indian subcontinent since the late Oligocene following Dewey et al. (1989).