The Indus Outcrops

The water-washed outcrops along the Indus river are accessible under low-flow conditions in the winter.  Here there are clean sections through the contact between the Kohistan Island Arc Terrane and the Nanga Parbat massif.

The Kohistan material consists of banded gneisses of basic composition.

Highly sheared rocks of the Kohistan island arc.
Highly sheared rocks of the Kohistan island arc.  Looking NE, along strike.

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