Tectonics of Nanga Parbat, western Himalaya: Synkinematic plutonism within the doubly vergent shear zones of a crustal-scale pop-up structure

Research Article| November 01, 1999 Tectonics of Nanga Parbat, western Himalaya: Synkinematic plutonism within the doubly vergent shear zones of a crustal-scale pop-up structure D. A. Schneider; D. A. Schneider 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar M. A. Edwards; M. A. Edwards 2Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar W. S. F. Kidd; W. S. F. Kidd 2Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar M. Asif Khan; M. Asif Khan 3National Centre for Excellence in Geology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar L. Seeber; L. Seeber 4Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York 10964, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar P. K. Zeitler P. K. Zeitler 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Geology (1999) 27 (11): 999–1002. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0999:TONPWH>2.3.CO;2 Article history first online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation D. A. Schneider, M. A. Edwards, W. S. F. Kidd, M. Asif Khan, L. Seeber, P. K. Zeitler; Tectonics of Nanga Parbat, western Himalaya: Synkinematic plutonism within the doubly vergent shear zones of a crustal-scale pop-up structure. Geology 1999;; 27 (11): 999–1002. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0999:TONPWH>2.3.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract Detailed mapping and geochronologic investigations from the eastern, southern, and western Nanga Parbat–Haramosh massif reveal two thrust-displacement shear zones that have a spatial and temporal link with granite plutonism from ca. 10 to 1 Ma. The shear zones define a crustal-scale antiformal pop-up structure, with dominant west-northwest–vergent and subordinate east-southeast–vergent thrusting. This is substantially different than the surrounding area where the main exposed Himalayan structures are oriented parallel to the orogenic trend and are early to middle Miocene or older. Structures mapped throughout Nanga Parbat demonstrate that its rapid and young exhumation is not due to orogen-scale structural unroofing, and that sustained high erosion rates are required. The observed west-northwest–directed shortening is proposed to be a result of differential arc-parallel motion accommodated at the syntaxial bend of the northwest Himalaya. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.