Geology of the Western Himalaya |
Common terms and phrases
abstr Alaknanda Almora bands basin biotite Blaini formation calcerous Cambrian carbonaceous Chail Chail Nappe Chamoli Chor granite clays coloured shales comprises mainly conglomerates correlated deposition developed dolomite earthquake fault folded Formation This formation fossils Garhwal Garhwal group Garhwal-Kumaun Geol Geology glacial glaciers gneiss gneissic grained granite granitic body green coloured grey greyish Himachal Pradesh Himalaya horizons Indus Infra Krols Jammu Jutogh Kamlial Karewas Kashmir Krol belt Krol formation Kumar Kumaun Ladakh Lameri landslides lesser Himalaya limestone lithology lower Siwaliks main boundary thrust Main central thrust mation metabasics metamorphism metres middle Siwaliks number of places occur overlain overlies Palaeozoic Permian phyllites portion quartz quartzites river rock type Rudraprayag Saknidhar Salkhalas sandstones schists sections sedimentary sediments sequence shales Shali siltstones Simla slide slope failure Spiti Srinagar stage Stratigraphy structure Subathu Surv syncline tectonic Tethyan thick Triassic unconformably valley volcanics western Himalaya Yamuna Zanskar