Himalaya: Geological Aspects, Volume 4P. S. Saklani Satish Serial Publishing House, 2005 - Geology Contributed articles. |
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... Island arc / continent Collision In the western Himalaya , the Kohistan island - arc is bounded to the north , against the Karakoram batholith of Asia , by the Kohistan - Karakoram Suture and to the south , against India , by the Indus ...
... Island arc / continent Collision In the western Himalaya , the Kohistan island - arc is bounded to the north , against the Karakoram batholith of Asia , by the Kohistan - Karakoram Suture and to the south , against India , by the Indus ...
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... ISLAND ARC The Kohistan island arc developed during the in the Mesozoic above a north - dipping subduction zone within the Tethys Ocean ( Tahirkheli et al . 1979 ; Bard , et al . 1980 ; Bard 1983 ) . It has been obducted southward onto ...
... ISLAND ARC The Kohistan island arc developed during the in the Mesozoic above a north - dipping subduction zone within the Tethys Ocean ( Tahirkheli et al . 1979 ; Bard , et al . 1980 ; Bard 1983 ) . It has been obducted southward onto ...
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... arc region before arc- continent collision with India raises some mechanical questions but points to geodynamics as ... island - arcs all along the collision zone in the Mesozoic , and two north- dipping subduction zones , one beneath the ...
... arc region before arc- continent collision with India raises some mechanical questions but points to geodynamics as ... island - arcs all along the collision zone in the Mesozoic , and two north- dipping subduction zones , one beneath the ...
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Evidence | 1 |
Retrospect and Prospect | 9 |
Tectonomagmatic Evolutionary Model of the KuluRampur | 47 |
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