Tectonostratigraphic subdivisions of the Himalaya: A view from the west

摘要

Indian plate rocks in the central Himalaya have traditionally been divided into orogen-parallel, fault-bound tectonostratigraphic zones. A straightforward westward extrapolation of these zones has proved problematic in part because of a lack of consensus on the existence or significance of major faults within the metamorphic zone of the Indian plate in Pakistan where more than 10 locations for the Main Central thrust (MCT) have been proposed. We address this ambiguity by systematically tracing established central Himalayan tectonostratigraphy around the western Himalayan syntaxis and across Pakistan.