Lithology describes the geochemical, mineralogical, and physical properties of rocks. It
plays a key role in many processes at the Earth surface, especially the fluxes of matter to …

Abstract The Himalaya and Tibet provide an unparalleled opportunity to examine the
complex ways in which continents respond to collisional orogenesis. This paper is an …

The maximum concentration of continental crust at the Pangea stage is characterized by a
specific depositional sequence generally referred to as the Pangea Megasequence …

Abstract The Karakoram Terrane (KT) in the western margin of the Himalayan-Tibetan
orogen preserves the record of the Tethyan oceanic lithospheric subduction beneath the …

The Shyok Suture Zone (Northern Suture) of North Pakistan is an important Cretaceous-
Tertiary suture separating the Asian continent (Karakoram) from the Cretaceous Kohistan …

New geological observations, recent published data and U–Pb SHRIMP zircon dating from
the Karakoram Mountains along the Nubra and Shyok Rivers reveal that the initial …

Please click here to download the map associated with this article. The Eastern Karakoram
is a remote and under studied region of Ladakh in the northwestern Himalaya. The geology …

The Shyok suture zone separates the Ladakh terrane to the SW from the Karakoram terrane
to the NE. Six tectonic units have been distinguished. From south to north these are; 1 …

The Shyok Suture Zone is an oceanic remnant of the Neo-Tethyan ocean sandwiched
between the Ladakh Batholiths to the south and Karakoram Batholith to the north. The Tirit …

Abstract Characterization of low‐temperature cooling histories and associated exhumation
rates is critical for deciphering the recent evolution of orogenic regions. However, these may …