Hybrid tectonic character of the Kashmir basin: Response to comment on “Coexistent pre-existing extensional and subsequent compressional tectonic deformation in the Kashmir basin, NW Himalaya (Alam et al., 2017)” by Shah (2017)

In general the genesis of the Kashmir basin is being viewed as a result of compressional tectonics, perhaps because of the reason that the basin is located in India-Eurasia convergence zone. However, there is no work that convincingly demonstrates how existing geomorphic architecture of the Kashmir basin evolved due to thrust tectonics? With answer to many questions Alam et al., (2015) proposed an extensional model for the development of the Kashmir basin. Moreover, based on deformation styles at varied spatial scales Alam et al., (2017) also suggested the co-existence of dominant extensional and relatively feeble compressional deformations within the basin. Our model has been questioned by Shah (2017), and here we provide more evidence to prove that Kashmir basin is a pull-apart basin.