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Geological Society, London, Special Publications; 1993; v. 74; p. 193-206;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1993.074.01.14
© 1993 Geological Society of London

North and West Pakistan

Preliminary Landsat lineament analysis of the northern Nanga Parbat-Haramosh Massif, northwest Himalaya

V. S. Cronin1, G. J. Schurter1,2 & K. A. Sverdrup1

1 Geosciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, PO Box 413, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
2 Amoco Production Company, PO Box 3092, Houston, Texas 77253, USA

Analysis of a mosaic of Landsat 2 MSS band 7 images covering the northern Nanga Parbat-Haramosh Massif (NPHM) has yielded approximately 540 lineaments, defined by sets of colinear drainage segments and aligned linear graytone boundaries. We recognized segments of the few well-mapped faults along the NPHM as lineaments. The paucity of field data concerning faults, joints, lithological fabric and contacts prevents us from interpreting most of the lineaments at this time. However, some of the prominent lineament trends probably mark the trace of previously unmapped active faults that accommodate the recent uplift of the NPHM. The origins of these lineaments must be established through structural geological field work.