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A. MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES

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VOLUME 326 PAGES 1-325 NUMBER 1589

1 September 1988

Tectonic evolution of the Himalayas and Tibet A DISCUSSION ORGANIZED AND EDITED BY R. M. SHACKLETON, F.R.S.,

J. F. DEWEY, F.R.S., AND B. F. WINDLEY

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Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A 326, 1-325 (1988) [ 1 ]

Printed in Great Britain

TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE HIMALAYAS AND TIBET

A DISCUSSION ORGANIZED AND EDITED BY R. M. SHACKLETON, F.R.S., J. F. DEWEY, F.R.S., AND B. F. WINDLEY

(Discussion held 11 and 12 November 1987 - Typescripts received 27 January 1988)

[Eight plates]

CONTENTS PAGE

B. F. WINDLEY

Tectonic framework of the Himalaya, Karakoram and Tibet, and problems of their evolution 3

A. HIRN Features of the crust-mantle structure of Himalayas-Tibet: a comparison with seismic traverses of Alpine, Pyrenean and Variscan orogenic belts 17

P. MOLNAR A review of geophysical constraints on the deep structure of the Tibetan Plateau, the Himalaya and the Karakoram, and their tectonic implications 33

M. P. COWARD, R. W. H. BUTLER, A. F. CHAMBERS, R. H. GRAHAM,

C. N. IZATT, M. A. KHAN, R.J. KNIPE, D.J. PRIOR, P.J. TRELOAR AND

M. P. WILLIAMS

Folding and imbrication of the Indian crust during Himalayan collision 89

Discussion: A. BARNICOAT 115

M. P. SEARLE, D.J. W. COOPER AND A.J. REX Collision tectonics of the Ladakh-Zanskar Himalaya 117

Discussion: EVELINE HERREN, M. COLCHEN 149

K. S. VALDIYA Tectonics and evolution of the central sector of the Himalaya 151

Discussion: V. S. CRONIN 174

J. LIN AND D. R. WATTS

Palaeomagnetic constraints on Himalayan-Tibetan tectonic evolution 177

A. B. SMITH Late Palaeozoic biogeography of East Asia and palaeontological constraints on

plate tectonic reconstructions 189

Discussion: M. COLCHEN 227

[Published I September 1988 Vol. 326. A 1589

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A.J. REX, M. P. SEARLE, (THE LATE) R. TIRRUL, M. B. CRAWFORD,

D.J. PRIOR, D. C. REX AND A. BARNICOAT

The geochemical and tectonic evolution of the central Karakoram, North Pakistan 229

Discussion: J.-M. BERTRAND 254

K. V. HODGES, MARY S. HUBBARD AND D. S. SILVERBERG

Metamorphic constraints on the thermal evolution of the central Himalayan Orogen 257

Discussion: P. J. TRELOAR, A. MOHAN 277

P. LE FORT Granites in the tectonic evolution of the Himalaya, Karakoram and southern Tibet 281

Discussion: V. S. CRONIN 298

P. C. ENGLAND AND G. A. HOUSEMAN

The mechanics of the Tibetan Plateau 301

Discussion: M. F. OSMASTON, S. GHOSH 319

GENERAL DISCUSSION

J. G. RAMSAY, F.R.S., R. W. H. BUTLER, M. P. COWARD 321

2 CONTENTS

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