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Page 344
... Central Crystalline Axis . This peculiar setting has given rise to a number of hypotheses . While a considerable difference of opinion exists , most of the viewpoints can be broadly grouped into three schools of thought , namely : - A ...
... Central Crystalline Axis . This peculiar setting has given rise to a number of hypotheses . While a considerable difference of opinion exists , most of the viewpoints can be broadly grouped into three schools of thought , namely : - A ...
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... Central Crystalline Axis ' as a result of remobilisation of the basement at depth ( Fig 4a ) during Caledonian orogenesis . The emergence of Central Crystalline Axis ( coastal ridee ) synchronous with remobilisation along the deep ...
... Central Crystalline Axis ' as a result of remobilisation of the basement at depth ( Fig 4a ) during Caledonian orogenesis . The emergence of Central Crystalline Axis ( coastal ridee ) synchronous with remobilisation along the deep ...
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... Central crystalline rocks adjacent to and above the MCT must have , by this process , reached temperatures above the granite solidus . This feature caused granite emplacement in the Higher Himalaya vertically upward and also along the ...
... Central crystalline rocks adjacent to and above the MCT must have , by this process , reached temperatures above the granite solidus . This feature caused granite emplacement in the Higher Himalaya vertically upward and also along 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