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Research article
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22 Mar 2019
Research article |
| 22 Mar 2019
| 22 Mar 2019
Linked thick- to thin-skinned inversion in the central Kirthar Fold Belt of Pakistan
Ralph Hinsch
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
OMV Upstream, Exploration, Vienna, 1020, Austria
Chloé Asmar
OMV Upstream, Exploration, Vienna, 1020, Austria
Muhammad Nasim
OMV (Pakistan) Exploration GmbH (subsidiary of United Energy Group
Limited), Islamabad, Pakistan
Muhammad Asif Abbas
OMV (Pakistan) Exploration GmbH (subsidiary of United Energy Group
Limited), Islamabad, Pakistan
Shaista Sultan
OMV (Pakistan) Exploration GmbH (subsidiary of United Energy Group
Limited), Islamabad, Pakistan
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Short summary
We use surface and geophysical subsurface data to constrain the structure and evolution of the central Kirthar Fold Belt, a mountain belt on the western margin of the Indian Plate in Pakistan. It can be shown that the extension phase prior to the collision of India with Asia has a major impact on how the rocks deform today. The inherited structures in the crystalline basement reactivate in an opposite sense and complexly deform the sedimentary rocks that have deposited before collision.
We use surface and geophysical subsurface data to constrain the structure and evolution of the...
