Geological map of the Karakoram fault zone, Eastern Karakoram, Ladakh, NW Himalaya

Hybridization of granitic magmas in the source: The origin of the Karakoram Batholith, Ladakh, NW India

Prevailing climatic trends and runoff response from Hindukush--Karakoram--Himalaya

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Growth and Deformation of the Ladakh Batholith, Northwest Himalayas: Implications for Timing of Continental Collision and Origin of Calc-Alkaline Batholiths.

The calc-alkaline Ladakh batholith (NW Himalayas) was dated to constrain the timing of continental collision and subsequent deformation. Batholith growth ended when collision disrupted subduction of the Tethyan oceanic lithosphere, and thus the youngest magmatic pulse indirectly dates the collision. Both U-Pb ages on zircons from three samples of the Ladakh batholith and K-Ar from one subvolcan...

New field, structural and geochronological data from the Shyok and Nubra valleys, northern Ladakh: linking Kohistan to Tibet

The Nubra-Shyok confluence in northern Ladakh is a key area for understanding the tectonic evolution of NW Himalaya and provides the basis for linking the geology of Pakistan to that of Tibet. The geology of the confluence area has been the subject of much speculation centred mainly on the existence of ophiolites and their regional significance. These ophiolites are thought to represent the eas...

Neotectonics and glacial deformation in the Karakoram Mountains and Nanga Parbat Himalaya

Owen, L.A. 1989. Neotectonics and deformation in the Karakoram Mountains and Nanga Parbat Himalaya. In: N.-A. Momer and J. Adams (Editors), Paleoseismicity and Neotectonics. Tectonophysics, 163: 227-265. The Karakoram Mountains and the Nanga Parbat Himalaya are one of the most rapidly rising mountain areas in the world with uplift rates in the order of 2 mm/yr. Large-scale regional warping is t...