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Page 48
... Alpine subductions from the continental margin across the whole miogeosynclinal zone can be observed ( the Alps ; Trumpy , 1973 ) . The Alpine - Himalayan chain rich in superficial nappes bears similarity with the West Carpathian ...
... Alpine subductions from the continental margin across the whole miogeosynclinal zone can be observed ( the Alps ; Trumpy , 1973 ) . The Alpine - Himalayan chain rich in superficial nappes bears similarity with the West Carpathian ...
Page 105
... Alpine Suture ( Ernst , 1973 ) . The acceptance of this nappe junction as the plate junction is based mainly upon the criteria commonly adopted in dealing with trench tectonics . Usually the subduction complex is ophiolite - bearing and ...
... Alpine Suture ( Ernst , 1973 ) . The acceptance of this nappe junction as the plate junction is based mainly upon the criteria commonly adopted in dealing with trench tectonics . Usually the subduction complex is ophiolite - bearing and ...
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... Alpine comparison . This giant rock - mass forming the main body of the grand chain was first regarded as the Himalayan counterpart of the Penninic Nappes but certainly has lost such a status later since Gansser's realisation that the ...
... Alpine comparison . This giant rock - mass forming the main body of the grand chain was first regarded as the Himalayan counterpart of the Penninic Nappes but certainly has lost such a status later since Gansser's realisation that the ...
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Tectonics and Structure of the Pamirs | 1 |
Peninsular and Himalayan Precambrian Belts | 31 |
Central Indian Ridge and Himalayan Mountain System | 55 |
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Acharyya Alpine Alps associated basement faults basin batholith belt biotite Bordet Central Crystalline chlorite collision continental Cretaceous crust crustal deformation deposits earthquakes eastern Eocene facies flysch folds foreland formation Gansser Garhwal garnet Geodynamics Geol Geology Geophys geosyncline gneiss Gondwana granite Higher Himalaya Himalaya Indian plate Indian Shield Indus Suture island arc Jour Karakorum Kashmir Klootwijk Krol Kumaun Ladakh Late Lesser Himalaya limestone Lower magmatic Main Boundary Main Central Thrust margin melange Mesozoic metamorphism Molnar movement nappe Nepal northern northward occur oceanic ophiolite orogenic Pakistan Palaeocene palaeomagnetic Palaeozoic Pamir Pande Panjal Permian phase plate tectonics Plateau Precambrian Proterozoic quartzite Quetta Range region rocks rotation Saklani sandstones Saxena schists sedimentary sediments seismicity sequence serpentinite Sharma Shyok Simla Siwalik southern stratigraphic structural Surv suture zone Tectonic Zone Tectonophysics Tertiary Tethyan Tethys thickness Tibet Tibetan slab Triassic Upper Valdiya volcanics