Oblique convergence and the lobate mountain belts of western Pakistan

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-26

  Haq, Saad S B ^a   Davis, Dan M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

CONVERGENT MARGIN; CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES; GEOMETRIC CONSTRAINT; GEOMETRIC RELATIONSHIPS; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SEDIMENTARY COVERS; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY; MOUNTAIN BELTS; PLATE MOTIONS; SULAIMAN RANGE;

FAULT SLIPS;

CONVERGENT MARGIN; EURASIAN PLATE; FAULT ZONE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; DEFORMATION; OBLIQUE CONVERGENCE; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; THIN SKINNED TECTONICS; THRUSTING;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0030843780     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0023:OCATLM>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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