The Karakoram fault is an oblique-slip fault system in the Himalayan region across India and Asia. The slip along the fault accommodates radial expansion...

of deaths on Nanga Parbat Geology of the Himalaya Karakoram fault system - major active fault system within the Himalayas List of highest mountains on...

subdivisions of Himalayas (from north to south) Indus-Yarlung suture zone Karakoram fault system Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains Main Himalayan Thrust Lower/Lesser Himalaya...

Valley from the Karakorum Pass. He explored the Aghil range in the Karakoram fault system and confirmed the source of the Shaksgam river, then planned to...

Suture Zone Transhimalaya, includes the following two Lhasa terrane Karakoram fault system Bangong-Nujiang Suture Zone Qiangtang terrane Look up Transhimalaya...

Kurram Fault Ornach-Nal Transform Fault Kirthar Fault Kutch Mainland Fault Nagar Parkar Fault Nai Rud Fault Rawat Fault Raikot Fault Jhelum Fault (Punjab)...

(also discussed in Geography of Tibet) Paleotethys Karakoram fault system - major active fault system within the Himalaya Main Himalayan Thrust - the root...

is causing rapid uplifting of lower crustal rocks Karakoram fault system – major active fault system within the Himalayas Mount Everest Paleotethys Sutlej...

the Karakoram range, partially in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir and partially in the China-administered Trans-Karakoram Tract...

region’s tectonic architecture is further imprinted by the active Karakoram fault system, which bisects the Shyok Valley and exhibits pronounced dextral-oblique...

Himalaya Indus Suture Zone Transhimalaya, includes Lhasa terrane and Karakoram fault system High pressure metamorphic terranes along the Bangong-Nujiang Suture...

This list covers all faults and fault-systems that are either geologically important or connected to prominent seismic activity. It is not intended to...

Matterhorn of the East Nyenchen Tanglha. Transhimalaya Lhasa terrane Karakoram fault system Geology of the Himalaya The Trans-Himalaya, named by Sven Hedin...

intersection of two major strands of the Karakoram fault system, called the Tangtse fault and the Pangong fault. The two faults sandwich the Pangong Range, at the...

of 17 ± 2 mm/yr along the Main Himalayan Thrust while the nearby Karakoram fault system accommodates right-lateral strike-slip movement at 5 ± 2 mm/yr....

Indus Suture Zone Transhimalaya, includes following: Lhasa terrane Karakoram fault system High pressure metamorphic terranes along the Bangong-Nujiang Suture...

of 17 ± 2 mm/yr along the Main Himalayan Thrust while the nearby Karakoram fault system accommodates right-lateral strike-slip movement at 5 ± 2 mm/yr....

traversed by the Main Karakoram Thrust, a significant structural boundary associated with deep-seated geothermal activity. This fault system contributes to the...

is now recognized as a geological fault called the Longmu Co fault, part of the larger Longmu–Guozha Co fault system. The Chang Chenmo River has its origin...

coastal areas of the Arabian Sea in the south to the mountains of the Karakoram, Hindukush, Himalayas ranges in the north. Pakistan geologically overlaps...

higher. The highest cliff in the Solar System may be Verona Rupes, an approximately 20 km (12 mi) high fault scarp on Miranda, a moon of Uranus. The...

large-scale movements of the Earth's crust (tectonic plates). Folding, faulting, volcanic activity, igneous intrusion and metamorphism can all be parts...

of the India–Asia collision. These faults, including the Altyn Tagh, Haiyuan, Kunlun, Karakoram and Xianshuihe faults, accommodate crustal deformation within...

Chile and Argentina. Such mountain systems have a complex structure, which is usually the result of folding and faulting accompanied by volcanic activity...

Alborz, the Zagros Mountains, the Hajar, the Hindu Kush, the Pamir, the Karakoram, and the Himalayas. Sometimes other names occur to describe the formation...

China, Bhutan, and Nepal. Its western border with Pakistan lies in the Karakoram and Western Himalayan ranges, Punjab Plains, the Thar Desert and the Rann...

the geological fault represented by the Changchenmo Valley, which separates the Paleozoic, Triassic and Jurassic rocks of the Karakoram range to the north...

and human rights institutions. She has been the chair of the Senate of Karakoram International University. She has been associated with the women's movement...

processes in the construction and evolution of Oman-, Zagros-, Himalayan-, Karakoram-, and Tibetan type orogenic belts". In Hatcher, Robert D., Jr.; Carlson...

Chang Chenmo ("Great Northern") Valley lies in a depression between the Karakoram Range in the north and the Chang Chenmo Range in the south. The Changchenmo...