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Pakistan Stratigraphy

Himalayan Crystalline

Nanga Parbat Massif

Western Himalaya, Gilgit-Baltistan · Active syntaxial uplift zone

Rapidly uplifting crystalline massif with some of the youngest exhumation ages on Earth. Contains Precambrian basement exposed at over 8000m elevation.

Units

4

Tectonic setting

Active syntaxial uplift zone

This reference records 4 units in the Nanga Parbat Massif spanning 1 geological era, most commonly metamorphic rocks.

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At a glance

4
units
1
era
0
georeferenced
0
with fossils
4
type localities
2,000 m
max thickness
5
sources

Rock types

  • metamorphic rocks (4)

Based on the primary lithology recorded for each unit; some units span more than one rock type.

Units in this province

4 units

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Era colours
  • Quaternary
  • Cenozoic
  • Mesozoic
  • Paleozoic
  • Precambrian
Nanga Parbat Massif
  1. Nanga Parbat GneissMesoproterozoic
  2. Harmosh Formation
  3. Iskere GneissPaleoproterozoic
  4. Shingus GneissPaleoproterozoic
MetamorphicConformable

Band colour = period; texture = dominant rock type. Lines between bands mark the contact type. True scale makes height ∝ recorded thickness; hatched = thickness not recorded. Ages approximate, for ordering.