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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... subduction - related calc - alkaline magmatic arc , an intracontinental transform fault zone , and a molasse basin . None of these environments is well represented further to the northeast , in the Himalayan region . However , minor ...
... subduction - related calc - alkaline magmatic arc , an intracontinental transform fault zone , and a molasse basin . None of these environments is well represented further to the northeast , in the Himalayan region . However , minor ...
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... Subduction KLAUS H. JACOB Lamont - Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University , Palisades , New York 10964 ( U.S.A. ) RICHARD L. QUITTMEYER Lamont - Doherty Geological Observatory and Department of Geological Sciences ...
... Subduction KLAUS H. JACOB Lamont - Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University , Palisades , New York 10964 ( U.S.A. ) RICHARD L. QUITTMEYER Lamont - Doherty Geological Observatory and Department of Geological Sciences ...
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... subduction zone in the D segment . However , this volcanic field is offset from the volcanic chain in segment C and is boun- ded on the West by one of the transverse breaks proposed in this study ( Fig . 2 ) . If this volca- nism is ...
... subduction zone in the D segment . However , this volcanic field is offset from the volcanic chain in segment C and is boun- ded on the West by one of the transverse breaks proposed in this study ( Fig . 2 ) . If this volca- nism is ...
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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