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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... crust which is still partially preserved as an ultrabasic - gabbroic ( ophiolitic ) rock sequence ( Makarychev , 1974 ) . The presence of Archean and Lower - Middle Proterozoic rocks demonstrates the existence of continental crust ...
... crust which is still partially preserved as an ultrabasic - gabbroic ( ophiolitic ) rock sequence ( Makarychev , 1974 ) . The presence of Archean and Lower - Middle Proterozoic rocks demonstrates the existence of continental crust ...
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... crust Oceanic crust Sediments Moho Figure 3. Three possible stages of the India Eurasia collision in Kohistan . A : Late Cretaceous : 1 - Continental crust of Asia ( with Mesozoic and Paleozoic cover ) . 2 — Marginal basin . 3 ...
... crust Oceanic crust Sediments Moho Figure 3. Three possible stages of the India Eurasia collision in Kohistan . A : Late Cretaceous : 1 - Continental crust of Asia ( with Mesozoic and Paleozoic cover ) . 2 — Marginal basin . 3 ...
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... crust , perpendicular to the mountain front and due to the downward bending of the crust ( Molnar and others , 1973 ) . The possibility of the formation of a new thrust fault in front of the Himalayan has also been dis- cussed ( Le Fort ...
... crust , perpendicular to the mountain front and due to the downward bending of the crust ( Molnar and others , 1973 ) . The possibility of the formation of a new thrust fault in front of the Himalayan has also been dis- cussed ( Le Fort ...
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K N Kravchenko | 25 |
Chris T Klootwijk | 41 |
John A Talent Ruth Mawson | 75 |
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active Afghanistan anomalies Baluchistan basin beds Bela Bibai blocks boundary Carboniferous Cenozoic Chaman fault Chitral chromite continental 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 margin massif melange Mesozoic metamorphic mineralization Molnar mountain belt Muslim Bagh northern northward occur oceanic ophiolite belt ophiolites orogenic palaeomagnetic Palaeozoic Paleocene Pamir Permian plate polarity pole Quetta region Ridge rocks Salt Range sandstones schists sedimentary sediments seismic 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 Zhob Valley