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... FAULTS A large number of transverse and oblique faults and fractures trending NNE / NE- SSW / SW and NW / NNW - SE / SSE cutting across the various tectonic units including the overthrust crystalline nappe at the top of the succession ...
... FAULTS A large number of transverse and oblique faults and fractures trending NNE / NE- SSW / SW and NW / NNW - SE / SSE cutting across the various tectonic units including the overthrust crystalline nappe at the top of the succession ...
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... faults are connected with the D , phase ( Table 1 ) . Steep and vertical fractures feathering the faults , conjugated disjunctions with vertical intersections , numerous en echelon series of high - order fractures with horizontal axes ...
... faults are connected with the D , phase ( Table 1 ) . Steep and vertical fractures feathering the faults , conjugated disjunctions with vertical intersections , numerous en echelon series of high - order fractures with horizontal axes ...
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... faults are derived from the regional NNE - SSW or N - S compression . The bisectrix of the dihedral angle between the faults shows a tendency to be parallel to the compression . Such a hypothesis of genesis of these faults is modified ...
... faults are derived from the regional NNE - SSW or N - S compression . The bisectrix of the dihedral angle between the faults shows a tendency to be parallel to the compression . Such a hypothesis of genesis of these faults is modified ...
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The Central Himalayan Gneisses in Northern Pakistan | 1 |
LowPressure Metamorphism in a Regionally Metamorphic | 49 |
The Aureole Zone and Metasediments of Dhauladhar Chaori Khas H P | 75 |
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Almora amphibolite andalusite anticline assemblages augen gneiss axes axial plane axis Barun bedding belt Berinag Bhutan biotite Buxa Central Crystallines Chail Chail Nappes chlorite Chomolongma crenulation cleavage Darjeeling developed diagram eastern fabric facies faults feldspar folds foliation Formation fractures Fuchs Gansser Garhwal Garhwal Himalaya garnet Geol Geology girdle gneiss Gondwana grade grains granite gneiss Group Himalaya India isograd Jour Jutogh Khola Khumbu Kumaun kyanite Lesser Himalaya limestone lithological lower Main Central Thrust Makalu Massif mesoscopic metasediments mica schist micaceous migmatites mineral lineation muscovite mylonitic nappe Nepal occur orientation parallel pelitic Phaplu phase of deformation phyllites plagioclase porphyroblasts Pradesh Precambrian quartz quartzite reaction regional metamorphism rocks S₂ Saklani schist schistosity sedimentary sediments sequence sericite shear sillimanite Simla Siwalik Siyom slates staurolite stratigraphic strike-slip structural Surv syncline tectonic temperature Tethyan texture Thimpu thrust sheet thrust zone tourmaline trend upper Vaikrita Valdiya valley