Table 1 Mean values of U (ppm), Th (ppm), and K (%), and Th/U and K/U ratios and their standard deviations for different lithologies from Nanga Parbat Massif, Kohistan–Ladakh and Karakoram batholiths

Nanga Parbat Massif

 Gneiss

8.78 ± 5.50

30.42 ± 19.80

3.72 ± 0.97

3.97 ± 1.80

0.61 ± 0.35

 Pegmatite

8.54 ± 5.33

12.35 ± 6.93

4.28 ± 1.50

1.71 ± 1.03

0.74 ± 0.53

 Schist

2.38 ± 1.27

9.05 ± 5.41

1.78 ± 0.85

3.55 ± 0.90

0.85 ± 0.37

 Granite

16.94 ± 7.85

20.70 ± 6.36

4.22 ± 0.65

1.55 ± 1.14

0.29 ± 0.15

 Psammite

0.30 ± 0.01

1.13 ± 0.66

0.63 ± 0.18

3.76 ± 2.32

2.05 ± 0.52

Kohistan–Ladakh batholith

 Granodiorite

1.56 ± 0.73

9.31 ± 4.34

2.60 ± 0.75

6.31 ± 2.51

1.86 ± 0.52

 Diorite

1.14 ± 0.61

6.60 ± 2.65

2.09 ± 0.78

6.98 ± 3.85

2.29 ± 1.25

 Granite

2.96 ± 1.01

14.10 ± 5.30

3.63 ± 0.71

5.18 ± 2.32

1.33 ± 0.38

 Metavolcanics

0.63 ± 0.59

2.54 ± 1.90

1.18 ± 0.90

5.43 ± 2.20

2.38 ± 2.07

 Gneiss

2.73 ± 0.50

13.54 ± 1.21

2.51 ± 0.38

5.12 ± 1.32

0.93 ± 0.17

 Tonalite

0.25 ± 0.15

2.95 ± 0.92

0.65 ± 0.07

15.73 ± 13.27

3.06 ± 1.59

 Leucogranite

2.51 ± 0.70

12.76 ± 3.85

3.81 ± 0.44

5.51 ± 3.07

1.60 ± 0.62

 Amphibolite

0.36 ± 0.25

2.56 ± 1.44

1.02 ± 0.47

7.49 ± 1.14

3.11 ± 0.83

 Pegmatite

1.97 ± 1.07

7.47 ± 2.08

3.21 ± 0.41

4.12 ± 1.17

1.85 ± 0.79

 Gabbro

0.60

5.08

1.51

8.53

2.53

Karakoram batholith

 Gneiss

4.70 ± 2.60

16.47 ± 8.66

3.34 ± 1.20

3.63 ± 0.95

0.93 ± 0.58

 Granite

15.81 ± 18.10

61.32 ± 55.62

3.75 ± 1.04

7.04 ± 4.04

0.85 ± 0.85

 Granodiorite

5.10 ± 4.05

19.15 ± 15.96

3.20 ± 1.54

5.58 ± 4.66

1.13 ± 0.94

 Diorite

2.05 ± 1.28

10.20 ± 3.81

2.42 ± 0.49

5.94 ± 2.99

1.57 ± 1.07

 Pegmatite

9.96 ± 4.20

9.20 ± 5.06

4.44 ± 1.71

0.93 ± 0.42

0.48 ± 0.17

 Leucogranite

12.11 ± 7.99

10.04 ± 2.63

3.38 ± 0.47

1.18 ± 0.82

0.45 ± 0.39

 Syenite

3.71 ± 0.15

11.87 ± 2.53

6.92 ± 0.67

3.19 ± 0.62

1.86 ± 0.11

 Schist

2.29 ± 1.44

10.38 ± 6.51

1.97 ± 1.02

4.53 ± 0.01

0.89 ± 0.12