Editors: Lawrence L. Malinconico, Jr. and Robert J. Lillie
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Here is new light on the overall crustal structure and tectonic evolution of the Himalayan collision zone, focusing on northwestern India and northern Pakistan. This complements previous Himalayan studies that generally dealt with the central part of the belt where collision processes were maximized. The articles on the western Himalayas allow a look at a youthful collisional belt where the collision is oblique, surficial features take an abrupt bend toward the west, and where an island-arc terrain (Kohistan/Ladakh) separates rocks of the Indian subcontinent from those of Asia. Observations are included on the geophysical, petrologic, structural, neotectonic, and stratigraphic data of both foreland and hinterland. An important feature is the use of various geochronological techniques to date sediments, convergence, and uplift. Inclusion of E. R. Gee's Salt Range maps at scale 1:250,000 provides both scientific and historical perspective.
Published: 11/15/1989
ISBN Number: 0813722322
Pages: 320
Product Category: Special Papers