The Genesis of the Quaternary Deposits Of The Vale of Peshawar, South of Kabul River by Inam Ullah Khan
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Date
1990
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Department of Geography
Abstract
The vale of Peshawar is located in the world's youngest Collision zone in the north-west of Pakistan. It
remained a locus of various tectonic and geomorphological
The present basin which was filled in with a variety of
sediments,during the Quaternary period has been carved out of
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Tertiary mountain system as a result of Jong phases of erosion se |
which lasted for about 15 to 19 m.y.8.
The study area which is located South of the river
Kabul forms an integral part of the : vale and possesses a complete- a
record of such tectonic and geomorphological episodes which are
preserved in various litho-stratigraphic units and exposed in
different sections along the channels of present torrents
draining the northern slopes of the Attock-Cherat range.