Thrust geometries and kinematics in the Himalayan foreland (North Potwar deformed zone), North Pakistan

Geologische Rundschau

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 120-131

  Jadoon, I A K ^a   Frisch, W ^b   Kemal, A ^c   Jaswal, T M ^c  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Oil and Gas Development Corporation Limited   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Balanced cross section; Duplex; Himalayas; North Potwar deformed zone; Thrust geometry

Indexed keywords

BALANCED CROSS SECTION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; THRUST GEOMETRY;

PAKISTAN, HIMALAYAS, POTWAR;

EID: 0030859489     PISSN: 00167835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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