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Description / Table of Contents: The Himalaya–Karakoram–Tibet mountain belt resulted from Cenozoic collision of India and Asia and is frequently used as the type example of a continental collision orogenic belt. The last quarter of a century has seen the publication of a remarkably detailed dataset relevant to the evolution of this belt. Detailed fieldwork backed up by state-of-the-art structural analysis, geochemistry, mineral chemistry, igneous and metamorphic petrology, isotope chemistry, sedimentology and geophysics produced a wide-ranging archive of data-rich scientific papers. The rationale for this book is to provide a coherent overview of these datasets in addressing the evolution of the mountain ranges we see today. This volume comprises 21 specially invited review papers on the Himalaya, Kohistan arc, Tibet, the Karakoram and Pamir ranges. These papers span the history of Himalayan research, chronology of the collision, stratigraphy, magmatic and metamorphic processes, structural geology and tectonics, seismicity, geophysics, and the evolution of the Indian monsoon. This landmark set of papers should underpin the next 25 years of Himalayan research.

Description / Table of Contents: Although it has long been recognized that what ultimately drives metamorphism and metamorphic reactions is heat, what was less certain is the distribution of heat within the crust, the type and location of major heat sources and the rates of heat flux through crustal rocks. This book explores the factors that control metamorphism and rates of metamorphic processes.

Description / Table of Contents: M. P. Searle and P. J. Treloar: Himalayan Tectonics — an introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:1-7, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.01 --- Karakoram and Afghanistan --- Alessandro Caporali: Recent gravity measurements in the Karakoram / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:9-20, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.02 --- Andrea Zanchi: Structural evolution of the North Karakoram cover, North Pakistan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:21-38, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.03 --- Maurizio Gaetani, Flavio Jadoul, Elisabetta Erba, and Eduardo Garzanti: Jurassic and Cretaceous orogenic events in the North Karakoram: age constraints from sedimentary rocks / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:39-52, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.04 --- M. B. Crawford and M. P. Searle: Collision-related granitoid magmatism and crustal structure of the Hunza Karakoram, North Pakistan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:53-68, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.05 --- Peter J. Treloar and Christopher N. Izatt: Tectonics of the Himalayan collision between the Indian Plate and the Afghan Block: a synthesis / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:69-87, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.06 --- North and West Pakistan --- Zulfiqar Ahmed: Leucocratic rocks from the Bela ophiolite, Khuzdar District, Pakistan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:89-100, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.07 --- Mohammad Arif and M. Qasim Jan: Chemistry of chromite and associated phases from the Shangla ultramafic body in the Indus suture zone of Pakistan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:101-112, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.08 --- M. Qasim Jan, M. Asif Khan, and M. Sufyan Qazi: The Sapat mafic-ultramafic complex, Kohistan arc, North Pakistan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:113-121, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.09 --- M. Asif Khan, M. Qasim Jan, and B. L. Weaver: Evolution of the lower arc crust in Kohistan, N. Pakistan: temporal arc magmatism through early, mature and intra-arc rift stages / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:123-138, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.10 --- M. A. Sullivan, B. F. Windley, A. D. Saunders, J. R. Haynes, and D. C. Rex: A palaeogeographic reconstruction of the Dir Group: evidence for magmatic arc migration within Kohistan, N. Pakistan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:139-160, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.11 --- Ugo Pognante, Piera Benna, and Patrick Le Fort: High-pressure metamorphism in the High Himalayan Crystallines of the Stak valley, northeastern Nanga Parbat-Haramosh syntaxis, Pakistan Himalaya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:161-172, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.12 --- Mark T. George, Nigel B. W. Harris, and Robert W. H. Butler: The tectonic implications of contrasting granite magmatism between the Kohistan island arc and the Nanga Parbat-Haramosh Massif, Pakistan Himalaya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:173-191, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.13 --- V. S. Cronin, G. J. Schurter, and K. A. Sverdrup: Preliminary Landsat lineament analysis of the northern Nanga Parbat-Haramosh Massif, northwest Himalaya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:193-206, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.14 --- Joseph A. Dipietro, Kevin R. Pogue, Robert D. Lawrence, Mirza S. Baig, Ahmad Hussain, and Irshad Ahmad: Stratigraphy south of the Main Mantle Thrust, Lower Swat, Pakistan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:207-220, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.15 --- Antonio Greco and David A. Spencer: A section through the Indian Plate, Kaghan Valley, NW Himalaya, Pakistan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:221-236, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.16 --- Tethyan Himalaya --- J. C. Vannay and L. Spring: Geochemistry of the continental basalts within the Tethyan Himalaya of Lahul-Spiti and SE Zanskar, northwest India / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:237-249, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.17 --- L. Spring, F. Bussy, J.-C. Vannay, S. Huon, and M. A. Cosca: Early Permian granitic dykes of alkaline affinity in the Indian High Himalaya of Upper Lahul and SE Zanskar: geochemical characterization and geotectonic implications / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:251-264, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.18 --- A. Steck, L. Spring, J.-C. Vannay, H. Masson, H. Bucher, E. Stutz, R. Marchant, and J.-C. Tieche: The tectonic evolution of the Northwestern Himalaya in eastern Ladakh and Lahul, India / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:265-276, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.19 --- Eduardo Garzanti: Sedimentary evolution and drowning of a passive margin shelf (Giumal Group; Zanskar Tethys Himalaya, India): palaeoenvironmental changes during final break-up of Gondwanaland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:277-298, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.20 --- Alastair H. F. Robertson and Paul J. Degnan: Sedimentology and tectonic implications of the Lamayuru Complex: deep-water facies of the Indian passive margin, Indus Suture Zone, Ladakh Himalaya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:299-321, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.21 --- High Himalaya --- Ugo Pognante and Piera Benna: Metamorphic zonation, migmatization and leucogranites along the Everest transect of Eastern Nepal and Tibet: record of an exhumation history / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:323-340, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.22 --- Bruno Lombardo, Piero Pertusati, and Sandro Borghi: Geology and tectonomagmatic evolution of the eastern Himalaya along the Chomolungma-Makalu transect / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:341-355, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.23 --- Christian Schneider and Ludwig Masch: The metamorphism of the Tibetan Series from the Manang area, Marsyandi Valley, Central Nepal / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:357-374, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.24 --- Steven M. Reddy, Michael P. Searle, and John A. Massey: Structural evolution of the High Himalayan Gneiss sequence, Langtang Valley, Nepal / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:375-389, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.25 --- Nigel Harris, John Massey, and Simon Inger: The role of fluids in the formation of High Himalayan leucogranites / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:391-400, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.26 --- Philip England and Peter Molnar: Cause and effect among thrust and normal faulting, anatectic melting and exhumation in the Himalaya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:401-411, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.27 --- S. Guillot, A. Pêcher, P. Rochette, and P. Le Fort: The emplacement of the Manaslu granite of Central Nepal: field and magnetic susceptibility constraints / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:413-428, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.28 --- M. P. Searle, R. P. Metcalfe, A. J. Rex, and M. J. Norry: Field relations, petrogenesis and emplacement of the Bhagirathi leucogranite, Garhwal Himalaya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:429-444, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.29 --- R. C. Patel, Sandeep Singh, A. Asokan, R. M. Manickavasagam, and A. K. Jain: Extensional tectonics in the Himalayan orogen, Zanskar, NW India / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:445-459, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.30 --- Richard L. Brown and Jeffrey H. Nazarchuk: Annapurna detachment fault in the Greater Himalaya of central Nepal / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:461-473, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.31 --- Main Central Thrust Zone --- Bernhard Grasemann: Numerical modelling of the thermal history of the NW Himalayas, Kullu Valley, India / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:475-484, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.32 --- R. P. Metcalfe: Pressure, temperature and time constraints on metamorphism across the Main Central Thrust zone and High Himalayan Slab in the Garhwal Himalaya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:485-509, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.33 --- K. Meier and E. Hiltner: Deformation and metamorphism within the Main Central Thrust zone, Arun Tectonic Window, eastern Nepal / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:511-523, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.34 --- C. W. K. Morrison and G. J. H. Oliver: A study of illite crystallinity and fluid inclusions in the Kathmandu Klippe and the Main Central Thrust zone, Nepal / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:525-540, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.35 --- Main Bioundary Thrust, Lesser Himalaya and Beyond --- Yanina Najman, Peter Clift, Michael R. W. Johnson, and Alastair H. F. Robertson: Early stages of foreland basin evolution in the Lesser Himalaya, N India / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:541-558, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.36 --- David A. Pivnik and William J. Sercombe: Compression- and transpression-related deformation in the Kohat Plateau, NW Pakistan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:559-580, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.37 --- James W. McDougall, Ahmad Hussain, and Robert S. Yeats: The Main Boundary Thrust and propagation of deformation into the foreland fold-and-thrust belt in northern Pakistan near the Indus River / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:581-588, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.38 --- I. A. K. Jadoon, R. D. Lawrence, and R. J. Lillie: Evolution of foreland structures: an example from the Sulaiman thrust lobe of Pakistan, southwest of the Himalayas / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:589-602, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.39 --- Christian France-Lanord, Louis Derry, and Annie Michard: Evolution of the Himalaya since Miocene time: isotopic and sedimentological evidence from the Bengal Fan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 74:603-621, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.40

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to Himalayan tectonics: a modern synthesis / Michael P. Searle and Peter J. Treloar / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 483, 1-17, 1 July 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP483-2019-20 --- Timings and stratigraphy --- Timing of subduction initiation, arc formation, ophiolite obduction and India–Asia collision in the Himalaya / Michael P. Searle / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 483, 19-37, 12 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP483.8 --- Reconstructing the Himalayan margin prior to collision with Asia: Proterozoic and lower Paleozoic geology and its implications for Cenozoic tectonics / P. M. Myrow, N. C. Hughes and N. R. McKenzie / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 483, 39-64, 21 November 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP483.10 --- The Himalayan Foreland Basin from collision onset to the present: a sedimentary–petrology perspective / Eduardo Garzanti / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 483, 65-122, 4 January 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP483.17 --- NW Himalaya --- The plutonic crust of Kohistan and volcanic crust of Kohistan–Ladakh, north Pakistan/India: lessons learned for deep and shallow arc processes / M. G. Petterson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 483, 123-164, 30 July 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP483.4 --- The isotopic evolution of the Kohistan Ladakh arc from subduction initiation to continent arc collision / Oliver Jagoutz, Pierre Bouilhol, Urs Schaltegger and Othmar Müntener / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 483, 165-182, 19 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP483.7 --- Eclogites and other high-pressure rocks in the Himalaya: a review / Patrick J. O'Brien / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 483, 183-213, 3 December 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP483.13 --- Tectonic evolution of the Himalayan syntaxes: the view from Nanga Parbat / Robert W. H. Butler / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 483, 215-254, 30 August 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP483.5 --- Towards resolving the metamorphic enigma of the Indian Plate in the NW Himalaya of Pakistan / Peter J. Treloar, Richard M. Palin and Michael P. Searle / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 483, 255-279, 21 June 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP483-2019-22 --- Nepal Himalaya --- Protolith lithostratigraphy of the Greater Himalayan Series in Langtang, Nepal: implications for the architecture of the northern Indian margin / Brendan Dyck, Marc St-Onge, Michael P. Searle, Nicole Rayner, David Waters and Owen M. Weller / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 483, 281-304, 20 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP483.9 --- Structural evolution, metamorphism and melting in the Greater Himalayan Sequence in central-western Nepal / Rodolfo Carosi, Chiara Montomoli, Salvatore Iaccarino and Dario Visonà / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 483, 305-323, 23 July 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP483.3 --- Metamorphic constraints on the tectonic evolution of the High Himalaya in Nepal: the art of the possible / David J. Waters / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 483, 325-375, 26 March 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP483-2018-187 --- The South Tibetan Detachment System: history, advances, definition and future directions / Dawn A. Kellett, John M. Cottle and Kyle P. Larson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 483, 377-400, 18 July 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP483.2 --- Gneiss Dome Formation in the Himalaya and southern Tibet / Micah J. Jessup, Jackie M. Langille, Timothy F. Diedesch and John M. Cottle / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 483, 401-422, 17 January 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP483.15 --- Geophysics --- Himalayan earthquakes: a review of historical seismicity and early 21st century slip potential / Roger Bilham / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 483, 423-482, 5 February 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP483.16 --- The crustal structure of the Himalaya: A synthesis / Keith Priestley, Tak Ho and Supriyo Mitra / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 483, 483-516, 5 June 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP483-2018-127 --- Karakoram - Pamir - Tibet --- History of subduction erosion and accretion recorded in the Yarlung Suture Zone, southern Tibet / Kathryn Metcalf and Paul Kapp / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 483, 517-554, 23 January 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP483.12 --- Structural and metamorphic evolution of the Karakoram and Pamir following India–Kohistan–Asia collision / M. P. Searle and B. R. Hacker / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 483, 555-582, 12 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP483.6 --- Gangdese magmatism in southern Tibet and India–Asia convergence since 120 Ma / Di-Cheng Zhu, Qing Wang, Sun-Lin Chung, Peter A. Cawood and Zhi-Dan Zhao / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 483, 583-604, 24 October 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP483.14 --- Structural setting and detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology of Triassic–Cenozoic strata in the eastern Central Pamir, Tajikistan / John He, Paul Kapp, James B. Chapman, Peter G. DeCelles and Barbara Carrapa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 483, 605-630, 22 November 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP483.11 --- Monsoon system --- A history of the Asian monsoon and its interactions with solid Earth tectonics in Cenozoic South Asia / Peter D. Clift and A. Alexander G. Webb / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 483, 631-652, 18 July 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP483.1

Description / Table of Contents: Tectonics of the Nanga Parbat syntaxis and the western Himalaya: an introduction / Peter J. Treloar, Michael P. Searle, M. Asif Khan and M. Qasim Jan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170, 1-6, 1 January 2000, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.01 --- The gravity field of the Karakoram Mountain Range and surrounding areas / A. Caporali / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170, 7-23, 1 January 2000, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.02 --- Mafic sheets from Indian plate gneisses in the Nanga Parbat syntaxis: their significance in dating crustal growth and metamorphic and deformation events / P. J. Treloar, M. T. George and A. G. Whittington / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170, 25-50, 1 January 2000, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.03 --- Structural evolution of the western margin of the Nanga Parbat massif, Pakistan Himalaya: insights from the Raikhot-Liachar area / R. W. H. Butler / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170, 51-75, 1 January 2000, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.04 --- Tectonics of the SW margin of the Nanga Parbat-Haramosh massif / M. A. Edwards, W. S. F. Kidd, M. A. Khan and D. A. Schneider / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170, 77-100, 1 January 2000, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.05 --- The evolution of the Main Mantle Thrust in the Western Syntaxis, Northern Pakistan / T. W. Argles / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170, 101-122, 1 January 2000, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.06 --- Geological structure of the southern part of the Nanga Parbat massif, Pakistan Himalaya, and its tectonic implications / R. W. H. Butler, J. Wheeler, P. J. Treloar and C. Jones / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170, 123-136, 1 January 2000, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.07 --- Geochronological constraints on the evolution of the Nanga Parbat syntaxis, Pakistan Himalaya / P. J. Treloar, D. C. Rex, P. G. Guise, J. Wheeler, A. J. Hurford and A. Carter / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170, 137-162, 1 January 2000, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.08 --- Unroofing of the Nanga Parbat Himalaya / J. F. Shroder and M. P. Bishop / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170, 163-179, 1 January 2000, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.09 --- Remote sensing and geomorphometric assessment of topographic complexity and erosion dynamics in the Nanga Parbat massif / M. P. Bishop and J. F. Shroder / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170, 181-200, 1 January 2000, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.10 --- Tracing the origins of the western Himalaya: an isotopic comparison of the Nanga Parbat massif and Zanskar Himalaya / A. Whittington, N. B. W. Harris, M. W. Ayres and G. Foster / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170, 201-218, 1 January 2000, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.11 --- From buckling to asymmetric folding of the continental lithosphere: numerical modelling and application to the Himalayan syntaxes / J.-P. Burg and Y. Podladchikov / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170, 219-236, 1 January 2000, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.12 --- Mantle exhumation along the Tirich Mir Fault Zone, NW Pakistan: pre-mid-Cretaceous accretion of the Karakoram terrane to the Asian margin / A. Zanchi, S. Poli, P. Fumagalli and M. Gaetani / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170, 237-252, 1 January 2000, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.13 --- New field, structural and geochronological data from the Shyok and Nubra valleys, northern Ladakh: linking Kohistan to Tibet / R. F. Weinberg, W. J. Dunlap and M. Whitehouse / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170, 253-275, 1 January 2000, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.14 --- Geological evolution of the Hindu Kush, NW Frontier Pakistan: active margin to continent-continent collision zone / P. R. Hildebrand, M. P. Searle, Shakirullah, Zafarali Khan and H. J. Van Heijst / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170, 277-293, 1 January 2000, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.15 --- Pre-collisional anastomosing shear zones in the Kohistan arc, NW Pakistan / L. Arbaret, J.-P. Burg, G. Zeilinger, N. Chaudhry, S. Hussain and H. Dawood / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170, 295-311, 1 January 2000, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.16 --- Timing of magmatic and metamorphic events in the Jijal complex of the Kohistan arc deduced from Sm-Nd dating of mafic granulites / H. Yamamoto and E. Nakamura / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170, 313-319, 1 January 2000, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.17 --- Isotopic constraints on the evolution of metamorphic conditions in the Jijal-Patan complex and the Kamila Belt of the Kohistan arc, Pakistan Himalaya / R. Anczkiewicz and D. Vance / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170, 321-331, 1 January 2000, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.18 --- Formation of mélanges in the Indus Suture Zone, Ladakh Himalaya by successive subduction-related, collisional and post-collisional processes during Late Mesozoic-Late Tertiary time / A. H. F. Robertson / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170, 333-374, 1 January 2000, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.19 --- The Main Mantle Thrust in Pakistan: its character and extent / J. A. DiPietro, A. Hussain, I. Ahmad and M. A. Khan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170, 375-393, 1 January 2000, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.20 --- Crustal shortening estimates across the north Indian continental margin, Ladakh, NW India / R. I. Corfield and M. P. Searle / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170, 395-410, 1 January 2000, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.21 --- Glaucophane and barroisite eclogites from the Upper Kaghan nappe: implications for the metamorphic history of the NW Himalaya / B. Lombardo, F. Rolfo and R. Compagnoni / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170, 411-430, 1 January 2000, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.22 --- Metamorphic evolution, 40Ar-39Ar chronology and tectonic model for the Neelum valley, Azad Kashmir, NE Pakistan / D. Fontan, M. Schouppe, C. J. Hunziker, G. Martinotti and J. Verkaeren / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170, 431-453, 1 January 2000, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.23 --- Exotic conglomerates of the Neogene Siwalik succession and their implications for the tectonic and topographic evolution of the Western Himalaya / I. A. Abbasi and P. F. Friend / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170, 455-466, 1 January 2000, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.24 --- Stratigraphic and tectonic evolution of the northwestern Indian plate and Kabul Block / M. S. Badshah, E. Gnos, M. Q. Jan and M. I. Afridi / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 170, 467-476, 1 January 2000, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.25

Description / Table of Contents: Peter J. Treloar and Patrick J. O’Brien: Introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 138:1-5, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.138.01.01 --- K. V. Hodges: The thermodynamics of Himalayan orogenesis / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 138:7-22, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.138.01.02 --- R. A. Jamieson, C. Beaumont, P. Fullsack, and B. Lee: Barrovian regional metamorphism: where’s the heat? / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 138:23-51, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.138.01.03 --- Donna L. Whitney and Yildirim Dilek: Characterization and interpretation of P-T paths with multiple thermal peaks / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 138:53-60, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.138.01.04 --- J. Reche, F. J. Martínez, and M. L. Arboleya: Low- to medium-pressure Variscan metamorphism in Galicia (NW Spain): evolution of a kyanite-bearing synform and associated bounding antiformal domains / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 138:61-79, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.138.01.05 --- Simon L. Harley: On the occurrence and characterization of ultrahigh-temperature crustal metamorphism / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 138:81-107, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.138.01.06 --- Mike Sandiford and Martin Hand: Australian Proterozoic high-temperature, low-pressure metamorphism in the conductive limit / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 138:109-120, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.138.01.07 --- Roger L. Gibson and Gary Stevens: Regional metamorphism due to anorogenic intracratonic magmatism / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 138:121-135, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.138.01.08 --- Michael Brown: Ridge-trench interactions and high-T-low-P metamorphism, with particular reference to the Cretaceous evolution of the Japanese Islands / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 138:137-169, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.138.01.09 --- Nigel Harris and Michael Ayres: The implications of Sr-isotope disequilibrium for rates of prograde metamorphism and melt extraction in anatectic terrains / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 138:171-182, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.138.01.10 --- Alan Whittington, Nigel Harris, and Judy Baker: Low-pressure crustal anatexis: the significance of spinel and cordierite from metapelitic assemblages at Nanga Parbat, northern Parkistan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 138:183-198, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.138.01.11 --- David C. Rubie: Disequilibrium during metamorphism: the role of nucleation kinetics / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 138:199-214, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.138.01.12 --- R. H. Vernon: Chemical and volume changes during deformation and prograde metamorphism of sediments / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 138:215-246, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.138.01.13 --- Andrew J. Barker and Xing Zhang: The role of microcracking and grain-boundary dilation during retrograde reactions / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 138:247-268, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.138.01.14 --- Brenton Worley and Roger Powell: Making movies: phase diagrams changing in pressure, temperature, composition and time / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 138:269-280, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.138.01.15

Description / Table of Contents: Abstract The Nanga Parbat syntaxis, in the NW Himalaya, is a still growing crustal-scale north-trending antiformal structure in the core of which Indian Plate gneisses have been uplifted from beneath the overthrust rocks of the Kohistan island arc. Isotopic and fission track geochronology show that uplift rates within the syntaxis have increased to present day rates of 〉 6 mm/yr. Uplift has been accommodated by a combination of initial northwest verging thrusting on the western margin of the syntaxis, followed by crustal scale folding within the syntaxis and latterly by dextral reverse faulting on the western margin. This thrusting, folding and faulting is the effect of deformation at the north-western lateral tips of the main Himalayan thrusts where they interfere with the south-southeast verging thrusts of the northwest Himalaya.