Geology of the Chalt-Babusar transect, Kohistan terrane, N. Pakistan: Implications for the constitution and thickening of island-arc crust

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 253-268

  Khan, M Asif ^a,b   Treloar, Peter J ^c   Khan, M Ahmed ^d   Khan, Tahseenullah ^e   Qazi, M Sufyan ^a   Jan, M Qasim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Government Degree College   (Pakistan)

^e Geological Survey of Pakistan   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ISLAND ARC; TERRANE;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0032430463     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0743-9547(98)00024-5     Document Type: Article

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