The mechanics of the Salt Range-Potwar Plateau, Pakistan : qualitative and quantitative aspects of a fold-and-thrust belt underlain by evaporites

The collision of the Indian subcontinent with Asia beginning 40 million years ago produced the Himalayan orogenic belt, the largest continental collision belt active today. The foreland fold-and-thrust belt in northern Pakistan consists of the Salt Range-Potwar Plateau area. In this region the dista...

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Main Author: Juame, Steven C.
Other Authors: Lillie, Robert J.
Language:en_US
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1957/28998