Stratigraphy and structure of the Indus Suture in the Lower Swat, Pakistan, NW Himalaya

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 225-238

  Anczkiewicz, R ^a   Burg, J P ^a   Hussain, S S ^b   Dawood, H ^b   Ghazanfar, M ^c   Chaudhry, M N ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b PAKISTAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; FOREARC BASIN; OBDUCTION; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUTURE ZONE;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0032430751     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0743-9547(98)00003-8     Document Type: Article

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