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).