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Himalaya and Tibet: Mountain Roots to Mountain Tops


Himalaya and Tibet: Mountain roots to mountain tops
Rasoul B. Sorkhabi and Allison Macfarlane
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PART I. TIBET, TRANS-HIMALAYA, AND TETHYS
1. Lithospheric structure and geodynamic model of the Golmud-Ejin transect in northern Tibet
Gao Rui, Cheng Xiangzhou, and Wu Gongjian
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2. Mantle diapir and inward intracontinental subduction: A discussion on the mechanism of uplift of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Xu Zhiqin, Jiang Mei, Yang Jingsui, Zhao Guoguang, Cui Junwen, Li Haibing, Lu Qingtian, and Xue Guangqi
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3. Contribution to the geology of the eastern Karakoram, India
Anshu K. Sinha, Hakim Rai, Rajeev Upadhyay, and Rakesh Chandra
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4. Rb-Sr isotopic study of the Chilas igneous complex, Kohistan, northern Pakistan
Masumi Mikoshiba, Yutaka Takahashi, Yuhei Takahashi, Allah Bakhsh Kausar, Tahseenullah Khan, Kazuya Kubo, and Teruo Shirahase
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5. Parh group basalts of northeastern Balochistan, Pakistan: Precursors to the Deccan traps
Wazir Khan, George R. McCormick, and Mark K. Reagan
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6. Jurassic sedimentary facies and paleogeography of the former Indian passive margin in southern Tibet
Guanghua Liu and Gerhard Einsele
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7. Biostratigraphy and biogeography of Himalayan Cambrian trilobites
Nigel C. Hughes and Peter A. Jell
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PART II. HIGH HIMALAYAN CRYSTALLINE ZONE
8. Contrasting metamorphic and geochronologic evolution along the Himalayan belt
Stéphane Guillot, Michael Cosca, Pascal Allemand, and Patrick Le Fort
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9. Contrasting anatectic styles at Nanga Parbat, northern Pakistan
Alan G. Whittington, Nigel B. W. Harris, and Robert W. H. Butler
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10. Late Miocene tectonic evolution of the Karakorum-Nanga Parbat contact zone (northern Pakistan)
Arnauld Pêcher and Patrick Le Fort
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11. Geologic map of the Indus syntaxis and surrounding area, northwest Himalaya, Pakistan
Joseph A. DiPietro, Kevin R. Pogue, Ahmad Hussain, and Irshad Ahmad
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12. Metamorphic evolution of the northwest Himalaya, India: Pressure-temperature data, inverted metamorphism, and exhumation in the Kashmir, Himachal, and Garhwal Himalayas
R. M. Manickavasagam, Arvind K. Jain, Sandeep Singh, and A. Asokan
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13. High strain zone in the hanging wall of the Annapurna detachment, central Nepal Himalaya
Laurent Godin, Richard L. Brown, and Simon Hanmer
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14. Extensional tectonics in the higher Himalayan crystallines of Khumbu Himal, eastern Nepal
R. Carosi, G. Musumeci, and P. C. Pertusati
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15. Lesser Himalayan crystalline nappes of Nepal: Problems of their origin
Bishal Nath Upreti and Patrick Le Fort
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PART III. HIMALAYAN FORELAND: SEDIMENTS, STRUCTURES, AND LANDFORMS
16. Evolution of a Neogene fluvial system in a Himalayan foreland basin, India
Rohtash Kumar, Sumit K. Ghosh, and Satish J. Sangode
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17. Stratigraphic and structural framework of Himalayan foothills, northern Pakistan
Kevin R. Pogue, Michael D. Hylland, Robert S. Yeats, Wali Ullah Khattak, and Ahmad Hussain
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18. Triangle zone in the Himalayan foreland, north Pakistan
Ishtiaq A. K. Jadoon, Wolfgang Frisch, Tariq M. Jaswal, and Arif Kemal
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19. Frontal structural geometries and detachment tectonics of the northeastern Karachi arc, southern Kirthar range, Pakistan
Daniel D. Schelling
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20. Large-scale erosional processes at the southern flank of the Ganesh Himal range, central Nepal
C. F. Uhlir and J.-M. Schramm
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21. Search for buckling of the southwest Indian coast related to Himalayan collision
Rebecca Bendick and Roger Bilham
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Index 323

PLATE (in pocket)
Plate 1. Geologic map of the Indus syntaxis and surrounding area
J. A. DiPietro, K. R. Pogue, A. Hussain, and I. Ahmad