The
southern edge of the Himalayas in Pakistan is a chain of hills called the Salt
Range. Here the rocks are uplifted on a thrust fault and carried south onto
the plains beyond. The
southern edge of the Himalayas in Pakistan is a chain of hills called the Salt
Range. Here the rocks are uplifted on a thrust fault and carried south onto
the plains beyond.
Detritus
shed from the Himalayas - forming deposits locally called the Siwaliks, are
themselves faulted as the crustal thickening continues remorselessly.
