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Geological evolution of the Hindu Kush, NW Frontier Pakistan: active margin to continent-continent collision zone

Abstract:

A geological map of the eastern Hindu Kush, northwest of Chitral, Northern Pakistan, is presented. The lithologies are placed into two main categories, divided by the Tirich Mir Fault Zone. To the northwest, the units of the eastern Hindu Kush are dominated by monotonous sequences of graphite-rich pelitic rocks. Southeast of the fault, the phyllites and diamictites are thought to be lateral equivalents of the Northern Sedimentary Belt of the Karakoram. A structural analysis of the area studie...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Earth Sciences
Role:
Author
Journal:
TECTONICS OF THE NANGA PARBAT SYNTAXIS AND THE WESTERN HIMALAYA
Volume:
170
Issue:
1
Pages:
277-293
Publication date:
2000-01-01
DOI:
ISSN:
0305-8719
Language:
English
Pubs id:
pubs:83341
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uuid:a9b41b1d-00c7-40a3-93ed-0ea0b1bb2f6f
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pubs:83341
Source identifiers:
83341
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2012-12-19

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