naa a22 4500 510755313 CHVBK 20180411083120.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12594-013-0044-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12594-013-0044-4 Raiverman V. 708 Maitri Apartment, 255 N.S.C. Bose Road, 700 047, Kolkata, India aut A brief account of the continuum from Karakoram and Himalayan ranges to foreland and ocean basins [Elektronische Daten] [V. Raiverman] Himalayan orogeny in relation to Global Tectonics is a hotly debated subject. Orogeny can result either from collision of continental plates or by an endogenic process of mantle upwelling along pre-existing fracture zones in the crust. This paper describes a new technique of frequency analysis of radiometric ages of crystalline rocks in the mountain ranges straddling the Indus-Tsangpo Suture Zone (ITSZ), the supposed line of collision between India and Asia, and shows that all the ranges from Karakoram to Lesser Himalaya across the ITSZ got uplifted simultaneously in a particular sequence. This contradicts the concept of suturing, places the ITSZ in the category of one of the intracrustal thrusts of the Himalayan orogenic system and establishes the family affinity between the Karakoram and the Himalaya. Analysis of stratigraphic and structural data points out that this family affinity is not confined to the ranges only but extends beyond into the foreland and oceanic basins as well. This paper also explains a number of apparent contradictions in terrain geomorphology, ophiolites in suture zones, thickness anomaly of Himalaya-derived sediments in eastern and western wings of terrestrial and oceanic basins to the south of the ranges, the status of Mid-oceanic Ridges in global tectonics, convergence aspect between Himalaya and India, nature of Foothills Fault and metamorphism of early Tertiary sediments in the Himalayan foreland basin. Geological Society of India, 2013 India-Asia collision nationallicence Endogenic process of orogeny nationallicence Himalaya-Karakoram affinity nationallicence Isotope geochronology nationallicence Ophiolites nationallicence Foothills fault nationallicence Metamorphism in foreland basin nationallicence Arabian Sea nationallicence Bay of Bengal nationallicence Journal of the Geological Society of India Springer-Verlag 81/3(2013-03-01), 337-349 0016-7622 81:3<337 2013 81 12594 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-013-0044-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-013-0044-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Raiverman V. 708 Maitri Apartment, 255 N.S.C. Bose Road, 700 047, Kolkata, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of the Geological Society of India Springer-Verlag 81/3(2013-03-01), 337-349 0016-7622 81:3<337 2013 81 12594 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer