Syaakiirroh Sahari
University of Brunei Darussalam, Geology Department, Undergraduate
The western Himalayan syntaxis represents the region where the major Himalayan structures abruptly curve and the cause of the curvature and the tectonic geomorphology of the region has not been fully explored. The lack of detailed... more
The western Himalayan syntaxis represents the region where the major Himalayan structures abruptly curve and the cause of the curvature and the tectonic geomorphology of the region has not been fully explored. The lack of detailed structural maps with extensive field-based data is missing, which is mainly because of the political problems related to border sharing between Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan. However, and fortunately, the usage of satellite-derived images has overcome such constraints by providing a robust platform to remotely map such regions. Therefore, the present study was aimed to supplement our previous works in the region by exploring the western portions of the Hazara-Kashmir-Syntaxis. We have used Google Terrain imagery to map the evidence for active faulting that involves mapping of triangular facets, displaced and/or faulted topographic ridges, river terraces, alluvial fans and so on. The cross-cutting relationships are used to date the faulting events where ...
