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... Higher and Lower Himalaya . Although knick points of the major rivers axe located approximately along the MCT , any concrete evidence of tectonic land - forms for the differential upheaval of the Higher Himalaya has not been found yet ...
... Higher and Lower Himalaya . Although knick points of the major rivers axe located approximately along the MCT , any concrete evidence of tectonic land - forms for the differential upheaval of the Higher Himalaya has not been found yet ...
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... Higher Himalaya by the Main Central Thrust ( MCT ) , which has a northward dip of about 30 ° -45 ° . Having immense heights ( 3000-8000m ) , the Higher Himalaya is constituted of gently folded Precambran metamorphics intruded by Middle ...
... Higher Himalaya by the Main Central Thrust ( MCT ) , which has a northward dip of about 30 ° -45 ° . Having immense heights ( 3000-8000m ) , the Higher Himalaya is constituted of gently folded Precambran metamorphics intruded by Middle ...
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... Higher Kumaun Himalaya and South Tibet Himalaya . In this sector we recognise a Tethyan Phanerozoic fold belt of the Higher Kumaun - South Tibet Himalaya with ophiolite nappes resting in the structural depression . The ophiolitic nappes ...
... Higher Kumaun Himalaya and South Tibet Himalaya . In this sector we recognise a Tethyan Phanerozoic fold belt of the Higher Kumaun - South Tibet Himalaya with ophiolite nappes resting in the structural depression . The ophiolitic nappes ...
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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