Lithological Unit | Formation Group | Description | Stability Class | Category |
Ca | Northern Karakorum Terrane | Black slate, phyllite, arkose, Lun Shale, Gircha and Misgar Slate. | Highly Stable | D |
Cv | Kohistan Terrane and Shyok Suture Zone ―Kohistan Arc Sequence | Calc-alkaline andesites, high Mg tholeiites and boninites | Very Highly Stable | E |
Sv | Kohistan Terrane and Shyok Suture Zone ―Kohistan Arc Sequence | Basaltic andesite, rhyolite, pryroclastic flows, ignimbrite and volcanic breccias | Very Highly Stable | E |
Pm | Northern Karakorum Terrane | Permian Sedimentary Rocks: Permian massive limestone | Less Stable | B |
Kb | Karakoram Batholith | Trondhjemite, calc-alkaline gabbo-diorite, hornblende cumulates, Plutons. Biotite ± muscovite ± garnet leucogranite | Less Stable | B |
Ssm | Kohistan Terrane and Shyok Suture Zone | Suture mélange (limestone, quartize and serpenite in a shely matrix | Less Stable | B |
Skm | Southern Karakoram Metamorphic Complex | Paragneisses including interhanded pelite, marble, amphibolite with rare ultramafic lenses (Panmah unit). Pelites containing micas, garnet, staurolite, kyanite, sillimanite + muscovite and sillimanite + K-feldspar assemblings metamorphosed. Low P-T pelites aroun the Chinkiang valley contain chloritoid + chlorite + biotite. | Moderately Stable | C |
Tr | Northern Karakorum Terrane | Triassic Massive Limestone and Dolomite with distinct conglomerate horizon; Slate | Moderately Stable | C |
Y | Kohistan Terrane and Shyok Suture Zone ―Kohistan Arc Sequence | Limestone containing Orbitolina sp. and Radist sp. Sandstone, shale and meta-volcanic rocks | Moderately Stable | C |
HPU | Karakoram Batholith | Plagioglacase + Quartz + horneblende + biotite ± garnet ± K-feldspar | Very Highly Stable | E |
GB | Karakoram Batholith | Plutonic unit (k-feldspar + quartz + plagioclase + bioite + garnet) | Very Highly Stable | E |
GL | Glacier/snow |
| Least Stable | A |
Gm | Kohistan Terrane and Shyok Suture Zone ―Kohistan Arc Sequence | Meta-sedimentary rocks, greenschist facies slate, phyllite and psammite; protoliths; Peshmal schists; granties | Highly Stable | D |
Ec | Besal Eclogites | Omphacite-garnet + Quartz + rullite ± amphibolite ± metamorphosed phengite eclogites, Protoliths | Highly Stable | D |
Categories contribution in the hazard in the study area on the basis of their stability. A (Very Highly Stable), B (Highly Stable), C (Moderately Stable), D (Less Stable), E (Least Stable). |