Geological evolution of the Karakoram Terrane since Neoproterozoic

S Pundir, V Adlakha - Earth-Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Karakoram Terrane (KT) in the western margin of the Himalayan-Tibetan
orogen preserves the record of the Tethyan oceanic lithospheric subduction beneath the …

Alkali-silica reactions in granite-based aggregates: The role of biotite and pyrite

P Venyite, JGD Nemaleu, RC Kaze… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Concrete structures built in granite-based aggregate develop and proliferate contour-like
cracks as they aged. Such cracks are often associated to alkali-aggregate reactions (AAR) …

Tectonic control over shallow crustal exhumation across the India‐Asia convergent margin

S Pundir, V Adlakha, R Devrani, S Kumar - Tectonics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the processes and mechanisms responsible for exhumation are essential for
determining the evolution of landscapes. Our knowledge of these issues in continental …

Long distance plutonic relationships demonstrate 33 million years of strain partitioning along the Denali fault

SP Regan, JA Benowitz, TS Waldien, ME Holland… - Terra …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We identify two piercing point pairs along a~ 500 km transect of the arcuate strike‐slip
Denali fault to document long‐term slip partitioning. Geochemical and isotopic similarity …

A newly identified cryogenian (ca. 806 ma) basement tonalite gneiss from the Eastern Karakoram, NW India: Constraints from geochemistry and zircon U-Pb …

S Pundir, V Adlakha, S Kumar, S Singhal… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Karakoram Terrane (KT) represents the southern margin of the Eurasian Plate, mainly
consisting of Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous subduction-related granites and post …

Mineralogical and fluid inclusion constraints on the formation of the Karakorum Migmatite: implications for H2O-fluxed melting and exhumation of the South Tibetan …

V Kumar, IW Honsberger, A Kharya, HK Sachan… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2022 - Springer
This study presents new petrological and fluid inclusion datasets of migmatites from the
Karakorum Shear Zone, Ladakh, India, to know the P–T–fluid evolution of mineral …

Submagmatic flow to solid-state ductile deformation of the Karakoram Batholith, India: Insights into syn-tectonic cooling and exhumation

S Bose, V Adlakha, S Pundir - International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2022 - Springer
Granitic magmatism is considered an essential mechanism for crustal recycling in the rapidly
accreted crust. Mode of emplacement and ascent of granitic magma, together with the …

Geochronological and metal isotopic studies in India: an overview of new and existing geoanalytical facilities in India

PK Mukherjee, P Kumar, S Singhal, P Singh… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - Springer
This manuscript enlists Indian research laboratories that are equipped with sophisticated
instrumental facilities to cater the needs of Indian geoscientific community for high precision …

Jurassic–Cretaceous arc magmatism along the Shyok–Bangong Suture of NW Himalaya: formation of the peri-Gondwana basement to the Ladakh Arc

WM Saktura, S Buckman, AP Nutman… - Journal of the …, 2022 - lyellcollection.org
The Jurassic–Cretaceous Tsoltak Formation of the eastern borderlands of Ladakh Himalaya
consists of conglomerates, sandstones and shales, and is intruded by norite sills. It is the …

Tectono-magmatic evolution of the Ladakh and Karakoram, Trans-Himalaya, Northwest India

IM Bhat, H Chauhan, T Ahmad - … of the Indian National Science Academy, 2024 - Springer
This article highlights the recent scientific findings on the petrological and tectono-magmatic
studies of ophiolites, blueschists, eclogites, volcanics, and granitoids of the Ladakh and …