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Geological evolution of the Hindu Kush, NW Frontier Pakistan: active margin to continent-continent collision zone
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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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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- TECTONICS OF THE NANGA PARBAT SYNTAXIS AND THE WESTERN HIMALAYA
- Volume:
- 170
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 277-293
- Publication date:
- 2000-01-01
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- ISSN:
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0305-8719
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- Language:
- English
- Pubs id:
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pubs:83341
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83341
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- 2000
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