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... Indian plate is still actively underthrusting beneath the Eurasian and Burma plates is the north and east respectively . A brief assessment of neotectonic activity is as follows : Plate Movement The Indian plate is drifting in north ...
... Indian plate is still actively underthrusting beneath the Eurasian and Burma plates is the north and east respectively . A brief assessment of neotectonic activity is as follows : Plate Movement The Indian plate is drifting in north ...
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... INDIAN PLATE BAY OF BEN GAL 250 km WENGDUAN SHAN RED RIVER FAULT TING KANG YUNNAN S.E SMAN PLATEAU ASIAN PLATE UTTARADIT SUTURE DIEN BIEN FAULT NARCONDAM ANDAMAN SEA WANG CHAO I THREE PAGODAS INDIAN SHIELD 1,03 SICHUAN BASIN + MORAT ...
... INDIAN PLATE BAY OF BEN GAL 250 km WENGDUAN SHAN RED RIVER FAULT TING KANG YUNNAN S.E SMAN PLATEAU ASIAN PLATE UTTARADIT SUTURE DIEN BIEN FAULT NARCONDAM ANDAMAN SEA WANG CHAO I THREE PAGODAS INDIAN SHIELD 1,03 SICHUAN BASIN + MORAT ...
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... Indian plate on Asian plate . Still subducting Indian plate below Burmese Arc provides evidences east dipping Benioff Zone ( 45 ° ) till a depth of 180 km . The Benioff zone is extending below Myanmar lowland . Earthquake activities are ...
... Indian plate on Asian plate . Still subducting Indian plate below Burmese Arc provides evidences east dipping Benioff Zone ( 45 ° ) till a depth of 180 km . The Benioff zone is extending below Myanmar lowland . Earthquake activities are ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
CHAPTER2 INDOGANGETIC PLAIN | 11 |
CHAPTER3 GEOMORPHOLOGY OF HIMALAYA | 19 |
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activities amphibolite Arunachal Pradesh basin beds belt Bhutan Biyani carbonate Central clay comprises contains Cretaceous crustal crystalline deformation Dehradun district dolomite Early earthquakes eastern Eocene evolution faults folds Formation fossils Ganga Garhwal Geol geological geosyncline glacial glaciers gneiss Gondwana granite Group Higher Himalaya Himachal Pradesh Himalaya Himalayan region India Indian plate Indus Suture Jammu and Kashmir Karakoram Kathmandu km depth km long km wide km³ Kohistan Krol Kumaun Ladakh lakes landslide large number Lesser Himalaya limestone located magmatic magnesite metamorphism minerals mountain movement Nappe Nepal northern ophiolitic orogenic Pakistan Palaeozoic pegmatite peninsular Permian phase phosphorite phyllite present Proterozoic quartzite reported rivers sandstone Satluj schist sediments seismic sequence shale shear Shimla Shyok Suture Sikkim Siwalik slates slope southern sq km stratigraphic structure Subathu subduction sulphide Suture Zone tectonic terrain Tertiary thick Thrust Tibet upliftment Upper Uttaranchal Vaikrita Valley Volcanics Yamuna Zanskar