Geodynamics of Pakistan"Geodynamics is dominated by plate tectonic models. Plate tectonics promises to provide explanation of global geodynamics including the origin of earthquakes, volcanoes and mountain building... This volume provide a comprehensive view of the geodynamic framework in which the evolution took place..." Preface. |
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... subcontinent and Eurasia at present lies to the west , and the rate of convergence decreases from 5.4 cm / yr in the Eastern Himalaya to 3.7 cm / yr in the Punjab Himalaya ( Minster and others 1974 , Fig . 8 ) . DISCUSSION The model ...
... subcontinent and Eurasia at present lies to the west , and the rate of convergence decreases from 5.4 cm / yr in the Eastern Himalaya to 3.7 cm / yr in the Punjab Himalaya ( Minster and others 1974 , Fig . 8 ) . DISCUSSION The model ...
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... subcontinent are summarized . Interpretation of Precambrian data is hampered by the general absence of radio- metric age determinations ; therefore , only late Proterozoic and Phanerozoic data are discussed in detail . A hard secondary ...
... subcontinent are summarized . Interpretation of Precambrian data is hampered by the general absence of radio- metric age determinations ; therefore , only late Proterozoic and Phanerozoic data are discussed in detail . A hard secondary ...
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... subcontinent ( Bela , Muslim Bagh , Zhob , Waziristan ) , or em- placed in a subduction complex ( Ras Koh ) . In northern Pakistan the ophiolites appear associated with a major thrust zone ( Shang - La ) or with the Indus suture between ...
... subcontinent ( Bela , Muslim Bagh , Zhob , Waziristan ) , or em- placed in a subduction complex ( Ras Koh ) . In northern Pakistan the ophiolites appear associated with a major thrust zone ( Shang - La ) or with the Indus suture between ...
Contents
Tectonic evolution of the Tien Shan Pamir and Karakorum | 25 |
A review of palaeomagnetic data from the IndoPakistan fragment | 41 |
PalaeozoicMesozoic biostratigraphy of Pakistan in relation | 81 |
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active Afghanistan anomalies Asia Baluchistan basin beds Bela Bibai blocks boundary Carboniferous Cenozoic Chaman fault Chitral chromite Cretaceous crust crustal Deccan Trap deformation deposits Desio dunite earthquake east eastern emplaced Eocene Eurasia Farah fault zone faunas Figure fold Formation gabbro Gansser GEODYNAMICS Geol Geological Survey Geophys gneisses Gondwanaland granite Greater India Hazara Himalaya Hindu IBID India Indo-Pakistan Indus Suture Iran Jour Jurassic Karakorum Klootwijk Late lavas limestones located lower magnetic Makran massif melange Mesozoic metamorphic mineralization Molnar mountain belt Muslim Bagh northern northward occur oceanic ophiolite belt ophiolites orogenic palaeomagnetic palaeomagnetic data Palaeozoic Paleocene Pamir Permian plate polarity pole Quetta region Ridge rocks Salt Range sandstones schists sedimentary sediments seismicity sequence serpentinite shales Siwalik southern stratigraphic structure subcontinent subduction Survey of Pakistan Syntaxis tectonic Tertiary thick thrust Tien Shan trending Triassic ultramafic Upper volcanic West Pakistan western