Geochemical analysis of magmatic rocks from Shyok Suture Zone (SSZ) Trans-Himalaya, NW India: insights for geodynamic evolution of the terrane

S Sivaprabha, IM Bhat, T Ahmad, T Tanaka… - Lithos, 2022 - Elsevier
The present study discusses the geochemistry of the Early Cretaceous Shyok and Nubra
volcanics from the Shyok Suture Zone (SSZ), Trans-Himalaya. Geochemically, the studied …

Late Jurassic Changmar complex from the Shyok ophiolite, NW Himalaya: A prelude to the Ladakh arc

WM Saktura, S Buckman, AP Nutman… - Geological …, 2021 - cambridge.org
The Shyok Suture in western Himalaya preserves a record of the opening and closure of the
Mesotethys Ocean between the Shyok ophiolite and Karakoram terrane prior to the India …

Recognition of Shyok Ophiolites of NW Ladakh Trans-Himalaya as a geoheritage: importance to Himalayan orogeny and remnant of Tethyan oceanic lithosphere

IU Lone, M Mishra, SK Tiwary, R Chandra - Geoheritage, 2023 - Springer
Himalayan region has been gifted with diverse geology, manifested as longitudinal zones
and hosts many national geoheritage sites. Trans-Himalaya is characterized by several …

Palaeogeographic significance of'Yasin-type'rudist and orbitolinid fauna of the Shyok Suture Zone, Saltoro Hills, northern Ladakh, India

R Upadhyay - Current Science, 2014 - JSTOR
Along the Shyok Suture Zone in northern India, a∼ 200 m thick limestone succession within
the larger Saltoro Formation has been identified as a carbonate platform margin with build …

Age of the Karakoram fault activation: 40 Ar– 39 Ar geochronological study of Shyok suture zone in northern Ladakh, India

R Bhutani, K Pande, N Desai - Current Science, 2003 - JSTOR
Shyok volcanics, from the Shyok suture zone in northern Ladakh, ranging from basalts to
andesites are analysed for 40Ar–39Ar isotopic systematics by step heating experiment. All …

Implications of U–Pb zircon age of the Tirit granitoids on the closure of the Shyok suture zone, northern Ladakh, India

R Upadhyay - Current science, 2008 - JSTOR
The Tirit granitoids exposed along the Nubra–Shyok river valleys in northern Ladakh,
constitute an important tectonic unit of the Shyok suture zone. They are weakly deformed …

Middle Cretaceous carbonate build-ups and volcanic seamount in the Shyok suture, northern Ladakh, India

R Upadhyay - Current Science, 2001 - JSTOR
Along the Shyok suture zone in northern India, a∼ 200 m thick limestone succession has
been identified as a carbonate platform margin with build-ups. This limestone succession is …

Petrology of the dykes from the Waziristan Ophiolite, NW Pakistan

SR Khan, MQ Jan, T Khan, MA Khan - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2007 - Elsevier
The Waziristan Ophiolite is located in the suture zone between the Indian Plate to the east
and Afghan Block to the west. It is highly dismembered and divisible into three main sheets …

Soil Loss Rates in Trans‐Himalayan Region: Case Study of Shyok Suture Zone, Ladakh, India

R Kumar, R Devrani, S Pundir, IU Lone… - … Erosion Processes in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Geomorphic processes coupled with tectonics are responsible for a higher rate of sediment
flux and landscape evolution. In this context, the widely used Revised Universal Soil Loss …

U–Pb zircon age for a granite intrusion within the Shyok suture zone, Saltoro Hills, northern Ladakh

R Upadhyay - Current Science, 2009 - JSTOR
In the Saltoro Hills of northern Ladakh, Shyok volcanics of the Shyok suture zone are
dissected by a~ 5 m wide granite intrusion. Such granitic intrusions, in the Shyok volcanics …