Himalayan Thrusts and Associated Rocks

active faults Almora Crystalline Mass amphibolite augen axial planes Badolisera-Pithoragarh Zone Balganga Barsu basement faults belt Berinag Bhagirathi Bhatwari Bhilangana biotite cataclasites Central Crystalline Chandpur chlorite compression conjugate continuous cleavage crenulation cleavage deformation Delhi developed diagram direction displacement duplex F₁ F₂ folds fold axes foliation footwall formation fractures Gansser Garhwal Garhwal Himalaya Geol Geology Ghuttu girdle gneiss Himalaya horse imbricate Jutogh Krol thrust Kumaun layers Lesser Himalaya limestone lineation lithological Lower Duplex Main Central Thrust mesoscopic metabasics metamorphic mica migmatite movement mylonites nappe Nepal NNE-SSW North Almora Thrust NW-SE orientation orogenic parallel phase phyllites plagioclase Plate Pokhara porphyroblasts Precambrian Proterozoic quartz quartz grains quartzite ramp region rocks S₁ S₂ Saklani schist schistose sequence shortening slickensides strain stratigraphic thickness strike-slip faults structural record structural thickness subduction surface suture tectonic tectonites Thrust Zone trend Upper Duplex Vaikrita roof Vaikrita thrust Valdiya valley