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The western syntaxis of the Himalaya is one of the most exciting frontiers for continental tectonic studies. The region around the mountain of Nanga Parbat has some of the highest peaks, deepest valleys and highest uplift, exhumation and erosion rates known on Earth. Surrounding regions include the Hindu Kush and Karakoram mountains (Asian plate), the Kohistan island arc and the Ladakh and Zanskar ranges of the western Himalaya (Indian plate). This volume includes 24 papers on all these regions as well as five new fold-out maps of the eastern Hindu Hush, the Spontang Ophiolite region of Ladakh, part of the west margin of the Indian Plate, the Indus syntaxis in Pakistan and the Bouguer gravity anomalies in Pakistan. Readership: Tectonic Geologists, Earth Scientists Also available: Mesozoic Sub-Continental Lithospheric Thinning under Eastern Asia: Special Publication no 280 - ISBN 1862392250 Tectonic Aspects of the Alpine-Dinaride-Carpathian System - Special Publication no 298 - ISBN 1862392528 The Geological Society of LondonFounded in 1807, the Geological Society of London is the oldest geological society in the world, and one of the largest publishers in the Earth sciences.The Society publishes a wide range of high-quality peer-reviewed titles for academics and professionals working in the geosciences, and enjoys an enviable international reputation for the quality of its work.The many areas in which we publish in include:-Petroleum geology-Tectonics, structural geology and geodynamics-Stratigraphy, sedimentology and paleontology-Volcanology, magmatic studies and geochemistry-Remote sensing-History of geology-Regional geology guides
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Tectonics of the Nanga Parbat Syntaxis and the Western Himalaya
Geological Society Special Publications Series Editors A. J. HARTLEY R. E. HOLDSWORTH A. C. MORTON M. S. STOKER
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It is recommended that reference to all or part of this book should be made in one of the following ways. KHAN, M. A., TRELOAR, P. J., SEARLE, M. P. & JAN, M. Q. (eds) 2000. Tectonics of the Nanga Parbat Syntaxis and the Western Himalaya. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170. WHITTINGTON, A., HARRIS, N. B. W., AYRES, M. W. & FOSTER, G. 2000. Tracing the origins of the western Himalaya: an isotopic comparison of the Nanga Parbat Massif and Zanskar Himalaya. In: KHAN, M. A., TRELOAR, P. J., SEARLE, M. P. & JA