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Page 112
Collision orogens seemingly still weaker in foreland tectonisation may be
exemplified by the superficially deformed Zagros Range . However , this range
has recently been understood more fully as underlain , beneath its decollement
cover , by ...
Collision orogens seemingly still weaker in foreland tectonisation may be
exemplified by the superficially deformed Zagros Range . However , this range
has recently been understood more fully as underlain , beneath its decollement
cover , by ...
Page 189
In the West ( i.e. eastern Baluchistan and the Salt Range - Potwar Plateau ) this
inward movement is largely of supracrustal nature ; however in the North and
Northeast , basement thrusting characterizes the Himalaya . ( ii ) The postulated ...
In the West ( i.e. eastern Baluchistan and the Salt Range - Potwar Plateau ) this
inward movement is largely of supracrustal nature ; however in the North and
Northeast , basement thrusting characterizes the Himalaya . ( ii ) The postulated ...
Page 192
Crawford ( 1974c ) suggested that the Salt Range - Potwar Plateau unit was
formerly in line with the main Himalayan front and that this unit has rotated over
about 70 degrees counterclockwise around a pole near the eastern end of the
Salt ...
Crawford ( 1974c ) suggested that the Salt Range - Potwar Plateau unit was
formerly in line with the main Himalayan front and that this unit has rotated over
about 70 degrees counterclockwise around a pole near the eastern end of the
Salt ...
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