Title: Zagros, Hindu Kush, Himalaya, geodynamic evolution /
Authors: Delany, Frances M.; Gupta, Harsh K., 1942-; Inter-Union Commission on Geodynamics.
Publisher: American Geophysical Union ; Geological Society of America,
Year: 1981
Subjects: Geodynamics.; Geology Iran Zagros Mountains.; Geology Himalaya Mountains; Geodynamics Zagros Mountains (Iran and Iraq); Geodynamics Hindu Kush Mountains (Afghanistan and Pakistan); Geodynamics Himalaya Mountains.; Geology Zagros Mountains (Iran and Iraq); Geology Hindu Kush Mountains (Afghanistan and Pakistan)
Contents: Tectono-plutonic episodes in Iran / F. Berberian and M. Berberian -- Active faulting and tectonics of Iran / M. Berberian -- A brief report on geodynamics in Iran / Jovan Stöcklin -- Geological observations and geophysical investigations carried out in Afghanistan over the period of 1972-1979 / Abdullah Shareq -- Tectonics of the central sector of the Himalaya / K.S. Valdiya -- The geodynamic history of the Himalaya / Augusto Gansser -- Geology and tectonics of the Himalayan region of Ladakh, Himachal, Garwhal-Kumaun and Arunachal Pradesh : a review / Anshu K. Sinha -- The geodynamic evolution of the Himalaya -- ten years of research in central Nepal, Himalaya and some other regions / P. Bordet [and others] -- Status report of the work carried out by Geological Survey of India in the framework of the International Geodynamics Project / V.S. Krishnaswamy -- Isotopic age data for the eastern half of the Alpine-Himalayan belt / A.R. Crawford -- Basic igneous episodes in the Himalaya and their tectonic significance / V. Divakara Rao -- Seismicity and continental subduction in the Himalayan arc / Leonardo Seeber, John G. Armbruster, and Richard C. Quittmeyer -- Focal mechanism solutions and their tectonic implications for the eastern Alpine-Himalayan region / Umesh Chandra -- Structure and seismotectonics of the Himalaya-Pamir Hindukush region and the Indian plate boundary / K.L. Kaila -- A review of the long period surface waves studies in the Himalaya and nearby regions / Harsh K. Gupta and S.C. Bhatia -- State of stress in the northern part of the Indian plate / R.N. Singh -- Greater India's northern extent and its underthrust of the Tibetan Plateau : palaeomagnetic constraints and implications / Chris T. Klootwijk.