Structural evolution of the footwall of the Indus Suture in Malakand (N Pakistan) during the Himalayan collision

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 691-706

  Llana Funez S ^a   Burg, J P ^a   Hussain, S S ^b   Dawood, H ^b   Chaudhry, M N ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PAKISTAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Arcuate megastructures; Collisional tectonics; Himalaya; Ibero Armorican arc; kinematics

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; FOLDING; FOOTWALL; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; INDIAN PLATE; OROGENIC BELT; PLATE TECTONICS; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; HIMALAYAS; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33746841496     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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