The tectonic evolution of the Kohistan-Karakoram collision belt along the Karakoram Highway transect, north Pakistan

Tectonics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 929-949

  Searle, M P ^a   Khan, M Asif ^a,b   Fraser, J E ^a   Gough, S J ^a   Jan, M Qasim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONICS;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0343416137     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999TC900042     Document Type: Review

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