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... orogenic belt with yet to evolve orogenic belt of the east and encircle a large linear portion of the earth with mountain . Deformation resulting from the collision of continents first obliterated the Tethyan Ocean and subsequently ...
... orogenic belt with yet to evolve orogenic belt of the east and encircle a large linear portion of the earth with mountain . Deformation resulting from the collision of continents first obliterated the Tethyan Ocean and subsequently ...
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... orogenic movements . Many workers have suggested that signatures of the pre- Himalayan metamorphic event ( s ) are obliterated by the powerful Tertiary metamorphism . Tertiary Metamorphism is dated at various dates such as 65 Ma ( at ...
... orogenic movements . Many workers have suggested that signatures of the pre- Himalayan metamorphic event ( s ) are obliterated by the powerful Tertiary metamorphism . Tertiary Metamorphism is dated at various dates such as 65 Ma ( at ...
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... orogeny but is uplifted after 400 million years along the normal faults in the Tertiary and Quaternary epochs . Similar examples can be cited from Mesozoic Sierra Nevada orogenic mountain of North America or Hida Range of Japan ...
... orogeny but is uplifted after 400 million years along the normal faults in the Tertiary and Quaternary epochs . Similar examples can be cited from Mesozoic Sierra Nevada orogenic mountain of North America or Hida Range of Japan ...
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 kmĀ³ 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