Shortening Structures in Eastern and Northwestern Himalayan Rocks |
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... thrust planes ( T ) and five processes of shortening deformation ( D1 to D5 ) . An attempt has been made thereby to explain suitably the geometric- kinematic relation between minor and major structures . The NNE striking F1 and F2 ...
... thrust planes ( T ) and five processes of shortening deformation ( D1 to D5 ) . An attempt has been made thereby to explain suitably the geometric- kinematic relation between minor and major structures . The NNE striking F1 and F2 ...
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... thrust planes showing SSW vergence . In fact , four major nappe complexes exist , lying one above the other , and the last ( i . e . the fifth ) is Parautoch- thon - Autochthon . The field sequence from NNE to SSW is discernible in ...
... thrust planes showing SSW vergence . In fact , four major nappe complexes exist , lying one above the other , and the last ( i . e . the fifth ) is Parautoch- thon - Autochthon . The field sequence from NNE to SSW is discernible in ...
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... thrust planes ( T3 ) and the recumbent folds ( F3 ) associated with flat cleavage planes ( S3 ) occur in the various nappe units of the Darjeeling- Sikkim Himalaya . The strike and form of T3 and F3 correspond to the S vergent major ...
... thrust planes ( T3 ) and the recumbent folds ( F3 ) associated with flat cleavage planes ( S3 ) occur in the various nappe units of the Darjeeling- Sikkim Himalaya . The strike and form of T3 and F3 correspond to the S vergent major ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
DARJEELINGSIKKIM REGION 824 | 8 |
KUMAUNGARHWAL REGION 2539 | 25 |
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Acharyya Alaknanda and/or approximately ascribed associated attitude autochthonous axes axial B1 and B2 banded bedded belonging Berinag border Buxa Central Chail characterized cleavage consists Crystalline Daling Darjeeling gneiss deformation developed direction Eastern effects exist exposed F4 folds fabrics flat Formation formed Garhwal Geology gneiss grade granite Group Higher Himalaya indicate joints Joshimath Jutogh Krol Kumaun large-scale Late later layers less lineations Lingtse lower Main mainly major structures metamorphism minor movements Munsiari Nappe NNE striking North NorthEast northern observed occur older orogenic parallel Parautochthon Paro phyllite planes Pleistocene plunge position Precambrian probably puckers quartzite Ramgarh Rampur Rangit region represent River road road slope rocks schists sequence shortening similar Simla slates small-scale South southeastern southern SouthWest spaced strike structures tectonic Tertiary thrust thrust planes Tista transversal trend units Vaikrita Valdiya vergence West Window younger zone