TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ghani, Humaad
A1  - Sobel, Edward
A1  - Zeilinger, Gerold
A1  - Glodny, Johannes
A1  - Zapata, Sebastian
A1  - Irum, Irum
T1  - Palaeozoic and Pliocene tectonic evolution of the Salt Range constrained by low-temperature thermochronology
T2  - Terra nova
N2  - The Salt Range in Pakistan exposes Precambrian to Pleistocene strata outcropping along the Salt Range Thrust (SRT). To better understand the in-situ Cambrian and Pliocene tectonic evolution of the Pakistan Subhimalaya, we have conducted low-temperature thermochronological analysis using apatite (U-Th-Sm)/He and fission track dating. We combine cooling ages from different samples located along the thrust front of the SRT into a thermal model that shows two major cooling events associated with rifting and regional erosion in the Late Palaeozoic and SRT activity since the Pliocene. Our results suggest that the SRT maintained a long-term average shortening rate of similar to 5-6 mm/yr and a high exhumation rate above the SRT ramp since similar to 4 Ma.
KW  - exhumation
KW  - fault bend fold
KW  - ramp
KW  - Salt Range
Y1  - 2020
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/56255
SN  - 0954-4879
SN  - 1365-3121
VL  - 33
IS  - 3
SP  - 293
EP  - 305
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Hoboken
ER  -