Tectonics of the Western HimalayasLawrence L. Malinconico, Robert J. Lillie Papers from a symposium held in San Antonio, Texas, 1986. Contributors consider problems of crustal and lithospheric scales in this area. Contains a folded map of the Salt Range, Pakistan. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. |
Contents
A petrologic record of the collision between the Kohistan | 23 |
The Bhagirathi leucogranite of the High Himalaya Garhwal | 33 |
Metamorphic magmatic and tectonic evolution of the central | 47 |
The Chilas MaficUltramafic Igneous Complex The root | 75 |
Overview of the geology and structure of the Salt Range | 95 |
Early Pliocene uplift of the Salt Range Temporal constraints | 113 |
Tectonic and geomorphic implications of Siwalik Group | 129 |
Basementcover imbrication south of the Main Mantle Thrust | 137 |
Structural setting of the Skardu intermontane basin | 183 |
The northern suture in the Shigar valley Baltistan | 203 |
Subsurface densities and lithospheric flexure of | 217 |
Crustal thickness estimates for the western Himalaya | 237 |
Active faults of the Himalaya of India and Nepal | 243 |
Zone of Late Quaternary deformation in the southern | 265 |
Quaternary glacial chronology and neotectonics in | 275 |
Chronostratigraphy of the upper Cenozoic Bunthang sequence and possible | 295 |
Common terms and phrases
active faults anomalies basement batholith Besham biotite Bunthang sequence Cenozoic Chilas Complex Chinji clasts collision Coward Cretaceous crust crustal deformation deposits dikes displacement Eocene fault trace Figure flexural fluvial folds foreland Formation Gabbro gabbro-norites Gansser garnet Geological Society Geological Survey Gilgit glacial Glacier Gneiss granite gravity Himalaya hornblende Hunza imbricated Indian plate Indus River island arc Johnson K-Ar Karakoram Kohistan Kohistan Arc Ladakh leucogranite lithosphere lower magmatic Main Mantle Thrust Masherbrum massif metamorphic mineral Molnar Nanga Parbat Nepal northern Pakistan northwest NPHM occur ophiolite P-T paths plutons Potwar Plateau Quaternary Raikot Raikot fault region ridge rocks Salt Range samples sandstones Sargodha Sargodha high schists sedimentary sediments seismic shear Shigar Siwalik Skardu Skardu Basin strata stratigraphic strike-slip structure surface suture zone syntaxis Tahirkheli tectonic terrace thick tion unconformity underthrusting University of Peshawar uplift upper Valley Windley Zeitler zircon