Reconnaissance geology in Upper Chitral, Baroghil and Karambar districts (northern Karakorum, Pakistan)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 683-704

  Gaetani, Maurizio ^a   Le Fort, Patrick ^b   Tanoli, Seifnullah ^c   Angiolini, Lucia ^a   Nicora, Alda ^a   Sciunnach, Dario ^a   Khan, Asif ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Central Asia; General geology; Karakorum; Magmatism; Pakistan; Stratigraphy; Structure; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349172102     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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