The Karakoram-Kohistan Suture Zone in NW Pakistan – Hindu Kush Mountain Range
- Geological Map and Explanatory Notes
This book contains a detailed geological map of the Karakoram-Kohistan Suture Zone in Chitral (NW Pakistan), together with nine U-Pb intrusion ages on zircon. The map covers a 115 km long segment of the Karakoram-Kohistan Suture Zone between the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, west of Drosh, and Sor Laspur. Field data were geo-referenced and complemented by analysis of Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper + (ETM+) images. The map displays a NE-SW trending fault zone containing Karakoram-derived lithologies to the NW, Kohistan-derived lithologies to the SE and suture-related talcschists, serpentinites and ophicarbonates in between.
The new map and the age data set show that the Karakoram-Kohistan Suture Zone has a complex and long-lasting kinematic history. This information constrains the tectonic origin of the imbricate units and the kinematics of the suturing event.
- Auflage: 1., 2004
- Seiten: 104 Seiten
- Abbildungen: farbige Karte, Text mit zahlreichen Abbildungen
- Format in cm: 16,0 x 23,0
- Einbandart: broschiert
- ISBN: 978-3-7281-2965-9
- Sprache: Englisch
- Lieferstatus: vergriffen, keine Neuauflage geplant