Geology and Tectonics of the Southeastern Ladakh and Karakoram

amphibole amphibolite andesite Asian Plate basalt belt biotite calc-alkaline chert Cretaceous crystallization Darbuk deformation dextral diorite dipping ductile shear dykes eclogite emplacement exhumation fault folds foliation gabbro garnet gneiss Gompa granite gneiss granitoids granodiorite Guillot Himalayan Honegger hornblende Indian Plate Indus River Indus Tsangpo Suture intruded Karakoram Karakoram Batholith Karakoram Shear Zone Kargil Karzok kbar Khardung Ladakh Batholith leucogranite limestone lithosphere mafic magmatic Maheo margin metamorphism metapelites migmatite molasse mylonite nappe Nidar northern Nubra Valley ophiolite Pangong Group Pangong Tso pluton Polokongka Puga Gneiss quartz Rb-Sr rocks Rolland Sachan Saltoro samples schist Searle sequence Shyok River Shyok Suture Zone Shyok Valley Sigoyer southern Spongtang Srikantia subduction Sumdo Suture Zone ITSZ Tanglang La Tanglang La Formation Tangste Group Tangtse Tethyan Sedimentary Zone Thakur Thrust Tibet Tirit Tsangpo Suture Zone Tso Morari Crystallines U-Pb SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ultramafics undeformed zircon zircon age Zone SSZ