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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... structures also form marked protuberances in front of the fold belt . The surface plan of the Salt Range structures is very similar to that of the Cumberland Over- thrust in the Appalachian Mountains , U.S.A. This latter structure , 200 ...
... structures also form marked protuberances in front of the fold belt . The surface plan of the Salt Range structures is very similar to that of the Cumberland Over- thrust in the Appalachian Mountains , U.S.A. This latter structure , 200 ...
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... structure of the Kohistan Himalaya the " Kohistan sequence " ( 30,000 km2 of amphibolites , metagabbros and associated volcanics ) may be the crust of an ancient calc - alkaline island arc . During the suturing of India and Asia , this ...
... structure of the Kohistan Himalaya the " Kohistan sequence " ( 30,000 km2 of amphibolites , metagabbros and associated volcanics ) may be the crust of an ancient calc - alkaline island arc . During the suturing of India and Asia , this ...
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... structure which connects the north - south trending Sulaiman mountain belt with the NE - SW trending Himalaya . These authors suggest that the Hazara mountains and the ( Trans - Indus ) Salt Ranges belong to one single structure , the ...
... structure which connects the north - south trending Sulaiman mountain belt with the NE - SW trending Himalaya . These authors suggest that the Hazara mountains and the ( Trans - Indus ) Salt Ranges belong to one single structure , the ...
Contents
Tectonic evolution of the Tien Shan Pamir and Karakorum | 25 |
A review of palaeomagnetic data from the IndoPakistan fragment | 41 |
PalaeozoicMesozoic biostratigraphy of Pakistan in relation | 81 |
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