Himalayan Orogen and Global TectonicsAnshu K. Sinha |
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Himalayan Mountain Building and the | 3 |
Chapter | 9 |
PreAlpine and Alpine Orogenic Phases in | 19 |
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Acharyya Asia basement basin blocks Cambrian Carboniferous Central Crystalline collision Cretaceous crustal deformation Dehra Dun deposits Early Paleozoic Earth earthquakes eastern Eocene evolution facies fault flysch fold belt formation Fuchs Gansser Garhwal Geol gneisses Gondwana granites Himalaya Indian plate Indian shield Indus Suture Zone island arc Jurassic Kaghan valley Karakoram Kashmir Kohistan Krol Ladakh Late Paleozoic Lesser Himalaya limestone lineament Lower magmatic Main Central Thrust mantle mélange Mesozoic metamorphism micro-plate molasse Molnar nappe northern NW Himalaya oceanic crust ophiolites orogenic Pakistan Paleocene Paleozoic Pande Panjal Permian phase plate tectonics plateau platform plutonic Precambrian Proterozoic quartzites range region ridge rocks schist sedimentary sediments segment seismic sequence shale shear Shillong massif Shyok Sinha Siwalik slates South southern Spongtang stratigraphic structural suture Tertiary Tethyan Tethys thick Tibet Tibetan Triassic Tsangpo unconformity units uplift Upper volcanics Wadia y²+z² Zangbo Zanskar