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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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... HIMALAYA HIGHER HIMALAYA TETHYS MCT NE ET ACH M EN T GANGETIC FORE DEEP 100 1934 Y 15 BASEMENT THRUST SUB HIMALAYA 20 о 20 km HIGHER HIMALAYA LOWER HIMALAYA TETHYS HIMALAYA I TIBET NE MBF MCT INDUS SUTURE 1930 1995 300 200 100 100 200 ...
... HIMALAYA HIGHER HIMALAYA TETHYS MCT NE ET ACH M EN T GANGETIC FORE DEEP 100 1934 Y 15 BASEMENT THRUST SUB HIMALAYA 20 о 20 km HIGHER HIMALAYA LOWER HIMALAYA TETHYS HIMALAYA I TIBET NE MBF MCT INDUS SUTURE 1930 1995 300 200 100 100 200 ...
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... Higher Himalaya is constituted of gently folded Precambran metamorphics intruded by Middle Tertiary granites ( Valdiya , 1984a ) . To the north of the Higher Himalaya lies a vast stretch of Tethys Himalaya made up of deformed sediments ...
... Higher Himalaya is constituted of gently folded Precambran metamorphics intruded by Middle Tertiary granites ( Valdiya , 1984a ) . To the north of the Higher Himalaya lies a vast stretch of Tethys Himalaya made up of deformed sediments ...
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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