Paleogeographic and paleotectonic evolution of the Himalayan Range as reflected by detrital modes of Tertiary sandstones and modern sands (Indus transect, India and Pakistan)

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 631-642

  Garzanti, Eduardo ^a   Critelli, Salvatore ^b   Ingersoll, Raymond V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DEPOSITION; EROSION; FELDSPAR; VOLCANOES;

CONTINENTAL COLLISIONS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; MAIN CENTRAL THRUSTS; PASSIVE CONTINENTAL MARGIN; PETROGRAPHIC COMPOSITION; SEDIMENTARY RESPONSE; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCKS; TERTIARY SANDSTONES; ARABIAN SEA; DETRITAL MODES; MOUNTAIN RANGES; OCEAN BASINS; TECTONIC EVENTS;

SANDSTONE;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FRACTURE ZONE; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; MIOCENE; OPHIOLITE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCENE; SANDSTONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DETRITAL MODE; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; TERTIARY;

ARABIAN SEA; BALUCHISTAN; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDUS FAN; MAKRAN SUBDUCTION ZONE; MURREE; PAKISTAN; PANJGUR; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0030456176     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0631:PAPEOT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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