Paleogeography and Paleontology of Western Pakistan

I am actively studying the Paleogene stratigraphic and paleontological record of western Pakistan (Baluchistan and western Punjab). Significant Paleocene and Eocene sedimentary deposits associated with the paleogeographic region between Asia and the Indian subcontinent during their collision have preserved a spectacular record of Paleogene mammalian evolution for this important region. Many of the earliest whale fossils have been recovered from this area and the recent discovery of an early Eocene terrestrial fauna in Baluchistan provides an important window into the biogeography of southern Asia during the Indian collision. Additional fossil collections from this area will help determine the composition of terrestrial faunas on India before biogeographic connection with Asia. Ongoing paleomagnetic analysis suggests that these sediments offer an unmetamorphosed stratigraphic window into the earliest stages of the most recent continent-continent collision.