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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... east - west structures dominated the sedimentation , but then north- south directions became more important ; in the ... east , and the faults of the other units toward the west . This strongly suggests that the structures of Southwest ...
... east - west structures dominated the sedimentation , but then north- south directions became more important ; in the ... east , and the faults of the other units toward the west . This strongly suggests that the structures of Southwest ...
Page 268
... east - west compression which was subsequent to the emplacement of the ophio- lite slabs . Where the east - west compression has been relatively minor , the width of the slabs in- creases dramatically ( Gansser , this volume , Fig . 26 ) ...
... east - west compression which was subsequent to the emplacement of the ophio- lite slabs . Where the east - west compression has been relatively minor , the width of the slabs in- creases dramatically ( Gansser , this volume , Fig . 26 ) ...
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... east - west compressive stresses along the flanks of the Pamir Arc , from both the Turan and Tarim sides ( Fig.2 ) . This was a result of the flow of material to the west , north , and east of the Pamir region ( Fig . 2 ) , causing ...
... east - west compressive stresses along the flanks of the Pamir Arc , from both the Turan and Tarim sides ( Fig.2 ) . This was a result of the flow of material to the west , north , and east of the Pamir region ( Fig . 2 ) , causing ...
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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