Strain partitioning along the Himalayan arc and the Nanga Parbat antiform

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Research Article| September 01, 1998 Strain partitioning along the Himalayan arc and the Nanga Parbat antiform Leonardo Seeber; Leonardo Seeber 1Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, New York 10964 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Arnaud Pêcher Arnaud Pêcher 2UJF Laboratoire de Geologie, 38031 Grenoble, France Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Geology (1998) 26 (9): 791–794. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0791:SPATHA>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 Leonardo Seeber, Arnaud Pêcher; Strain partitioning along the Himalayan arc and the Nanga Parbat antiform. Geology 1998;; 26 (9): 791–794. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0791:SPATHA>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 Shortening along the Himalayan arc of continental convergence is approximately in the radial direction. If the underthrusting foot-wall block (India) is not deformed, the hanging-wall block (Tibet) needs to stretch along the arc, as suggested by radial grabens in southern Tibet. In contrast, the Nanga Parbat–Haramosh massif and the western Himalayan syntaxis are part of a 250-km-long antiform that strikes in the radial direction (northeast) and verges northwest. The Nanga Parbat antiform is the structural and topographic expression of arc-parallel shortening that compensates for arc-parallel extension in southern Tibet. This shortening is predicted to be as high as 12 mm/yr. 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.