Wrench Movements in the Baluchistan Arc and Relation to Himalayan-Indian Ocean Tectonics

Research Article| May 01, 1971 Wrench Movements in the Baluchistan Arc and Relation to Himalayan-Indian Ocean Tectonics MONEM ABDEL-GAWAD MONEM ABDEL-GAWAD Science Center, North American Rockwell Corporation, Thousand Oaks, California 91360 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar GSA Bulletin (1971) 82 (5): 1235–1250. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1971)82[1235:WMITBA]2.0.CO;2 Article history received: 27 Jul 1970 rev-recd: 26 Oct 1970 first online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation MONEM ABDEL-GAWAD; Wrench Movements in the Baluchistan Arc and Relation to Himalayan-Indian Ocean Tectonics. GSA Bulletin 1971;; 82 (5): 1235–1250. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1971)82[1235:WMITBA]2.0.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 SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract Satellite photographs provide evidence that the structural discontinuity between the east-west-trending Makran Ranges and the north-south-trending Kirthar and Sulaiman Ranges of the Baluchistan Arc is among the world's major left-lateral shear belts. The Kirthar Sulaiman shear occurs at the junction of the Himalayan and Baluchistan arcs and may have influenced the development of the western Himalayan syntaxis. A similar belt of right-lateral shear is suggested at the junction of the Himalayan and Burmese arcs (eastern Himalayan syntaxis). Between the two extremes the Himalayan arc appears to be affected by gigantic tear faults cutting across the east-west-trending fold and thrust axes.The tectonic pattern suggests that these cross structures are zones of differential lateral movement within the crust related to linear features of sea-floor spreading in the Indian Ocean, the northward drift and underthrust of India beneath the southern edge of the Asian craton. 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.