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... Zone . Heim and Gansser ( 1939 ) termed these NE - vergent shear zones as counter thrusts . This late compression finally led to folding of the Indus Molasse and its overthrusting from the south by the Dras Unit . The horizontal ...
... Zone . Heim and Gansser ( 1939 ) termed these NE - vergent shear zones as counter thrusts . This late compression finally led to folding of the Indus Molasse and its overthrusting from the south by the Dras Unit . The horizontal ...
Page 165
... Shear zone ( c ) ( b ) ( 0 ) Shear zone Zone of no tangential Strain Fig . 3 : Patterns of strain ellipses in different types of arc . Arrows show direction of maximum compression , ( a ) primary arc , ( b , c , d ) secondary arcs ; ( b ) ...
... Shear zone ( c ) ( b ) ( 0 ) Shear zone Zone of no tangential Strain Fig . 3 : Patterns of strain ellipses in different types of arc . Arrows show direction of maximum compression , ( a ) primary arc , ( b , c , d ) secondary arcs ; ( b ) ...
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... zone of seismicity is , however , located at shallow depths in the sedimentary wedge beneath the Tarbela dam region ... shear zone is the result of aseismic slip rather than an interseismic period of elastic strain accumulation . On the ...
... zone of seismicity is , however , located at shallow depths in the sedimentary wedge beneath the Tarbela dam region ... shear zone is the result of aseismic slip rather than an interseismic period of elastic strain accumulation . On the ...
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