Foreland Sedimentation in Himalayan Tectonic Regime: A Relook at the Orogenic ProcessWith reference to India. |
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... sediments , 4.5-5 km thick in the northern and central parts of the depression . The prism tapers towards south where the bedrocks of Vindhyan sediments and Precambrian crystallines are exposed at a distance of 200-300 km from the ...
... sediments , 4.5-5 km thick in the northern and central parts of the depression . The prism tapers towards south where the bedrocks of Vindhyan sediments and Precambrian crystallines are exposed at a distance of 200-300 km from the ...
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... sediments indicates the absence of a strong oxidising environment . Frequency of red coloured sediments is minimum in the Makreri Enseq ( Fig . 13.3 ) ; pedogenic sediments also show a minima in the Makreri ( Fig . 13.4 ) . As explained ...
... sediments indicates the absence of a strong oxidising environment . Frequency of red coloured sediments is minimum in the Makreri Enseq ( Fig . 13.3 ) ; pedogenic sediments also show a minima in the Makreri ( Fig . 13.4 ) . As explained ...
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... sediments of the Himalayan foreland basin comprise lithology , mineralogy , colour of sediments and fossil flora and fauna . The sedimentological attributes are the ones most readily visible . Warm climate with tropical humidity or even ...
... sediments of the Himalayan foreland basin comprise lithology , mineralogy , colour of sediments and fossil flora and fauna . The sedimentological attributes are the ones most readily visible . Warm climate with tropical humidity or even ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
STRATIGRAPHY | 9 |
ENERGY SEQUENCE CORRELATION | 23 |
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Anticline autochthon basement Batwan Enseq Beas Beas River Cenozoic Chenab Chimnun cis-garnet clastics claystone climate colour conglomerates cycle Dagshai Dehradun deposits Dharmpur Enseq Dharmsala energy sequence classification Enseq Eocene facies fold belt foothills foreland basin Formation fossils frequency Gandak Ganga GARNET Geol geological cross section grain size trend gravels grey heavy minerals Himalaya India Indo-Gangetic Foredeep Jammu Jawalamukhi Jawalamukhi Enseq Kalidhar Enseq Kangra Kangra Depression Kasauli Khad Kumar Kumarhatti Enseq Lesser Himalaya limestone Lithology location in Fig Makreri Enseq Middle Siwalik Miocene Murree opaque orogenic parautochthon pebble composition Pleistocene Potwar PRE-TERTIARY PT PT quartzite Raiverman Ravi red beds Ridge River Sadhot Enseq sandbodies sandstones Sarda Enseq Sarkaghat sector sedimentary sediments seismic profiles shale shows siltstone Siwalik smectite stratification stratigraphic strike-slip structural Sub-Himalaya Subathu Subathu Depression Syncline tectonic Tertiary Tethyan thickness Tibet traverse trend curve unconformity uplift Upper Siwalik Wah Devi Enseq wrench fault zone