Crustal reworking at Nanga Parbat, Pakistan: Metamorphic consequences of thermal‐mechanical coupling facilitated by erosion

K. Zeitler, Peter; O. Koons, Peter; P. Bishop, Michael; Page Chamberlain, C.; Craw, D.; A. Edwards, M.; Hamidullah, Syed; Qasim Jan, M.; Asif Khan, Muhammad; Umar Khan Khattak, Muhammad; S. F. Kidd, W.; L. Mackie, Randall; Meltzer, A.; K. Park, Stephen; Pêcher, Arnaud; A. Poage, Michael; Sarker, Golam; Schneider, David; Seeber, L.; F. Shroder, John

doi:10.1029/2000tc001243

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Crustal reworking at Nanga Parbat, Pakistan: Metamorphic consequences of thermal‐mechanical coupling facilitated by erosion

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Authors:

Peter K. Zeitler

Peter O. Koons

Michael P. Bishop

Abstract

Within the syntaxial bends of the India‐Asia collision the Himalaya terminate abruptly in a pair of metamorphic massifs. Nanga Parbat in the west and Namche Barwa in the east are actively deforming antiformal domes which expose Quaternary metamorphic rocks and granites. The massifs are transected by...

Subject

Geology

Metamorphic rock

Massif

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