Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Himalayan orogen as constrained by along-strike variation of structural geometry, exhumation history, and foreland sedimentation

A Yin - Earth-Science Reviews, 2006 - Elsevier
Despite a long research history over the past 150 years, the geometry, kinematics, and
dynamic evolution of the Himalayan orogen remain poorly understood. This is mainly due to …

Tectonostratigraphic subdivisions of the Himalaya: A view from the west

JA DiPietro, KR Pogue - Tectonics, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Indian plate rocks in the central Himalaya have traditionally been divided into orogen‐
parallel, fault‐bound tectonostratigraphic zones. A straightforward westward extrapolation of …

Tethyan and Indian subduction viewed from the Himalayan high-to ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks

S Guillot, G Mahéo, J De Sigoyer, KH Hattori, A Pecher - Tectonophysics, 2008 - Elsevier
The Himalayan range is one of the best documented continent-collisional belts and provides
a natural laboratory for studying subduction processes. High-pressure and ultrahigh …

Did the Kohistan-Ladakh island arc collide first with India?

SD Khan, DJ Walker, SA Hall… - Geological …, 2009 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Kohistan-Ladakh block occupies the northwestern corner of the Himalayan
mountains and has long been recognized to represent an island arc constructed on ocean …

Geologic history and thermal evolution in the hinterland region, western Himalaya, Pakistan

JA DiPietro, A Pullen, MA Krol - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The western Himalaya of Pakistan forms a classic fold and thrust belt with a
foreland defined by the Salt Range thrust, Main Boundary thrust, and Panjal-Khairabad …

Crustal structure of the Indus–Tsangpo suture zone and its ophiolites in southern Tibet

ZQ Xu, Y Dilek, JS Yang, FH Liang, F Liu, DZ Ba… - Gondwana …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The> 2000-km-long Indus–Tsangpo suture zone (ITSZ) in southern Tibet contains
remnants of Neotethyan oceanic lithosphere, ophiolitic mélanges, flysch units and …

A regional level preliminary landslide susceptibility study of the upper Indus river basin

MF Ahmed, JD Rogers, EH Ismail - European Journal of Remote …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The major goal of this research was to explore low cost means by which large tracts of
mountainous terrain (∼ 75000 km2) can be screened for landslide-related hazards. For …

U‐Pb zircon ages from the Indian plate in northwest Pakistan and their significance to Himalayan and pre‐Himalayan geologic history

JA DiPietro, CE Isachsen - Tectonics, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
U‐Pb zircon isotopic ages of seven rock samples are combined with field data to provide
constraints on deposition, intrusion, and metamorphism in the northwestern part of the …

[HTML][HTML] Geohazards susceptibility assessment along the upper indus basin using four machine learning and statistical models

H Ahmad, C Ningsheng, M Rahman, MM Islam… - … International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project passes through the Karakoram
Highway in northern Pakistan, which is one of the most hazardous regions of the world. The …

Petrotectonic significance of the chemistry of chromite in the ultramafic–mafic complexes of Pakistan

M Arif, MQ Jan - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2006 - Elsevier
The suture zones, which border the Indian craton in Pakistan are characterized by several
large mafic–ultramafic complexes. From south to north these include:(1) Bela,(2) …