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... levels are exposed . The Ladakh intrusives progressively become fewer and are surrounded by some highly metamorphosed units and having thiner contact aureoles . At Satpura ( Fig . 1 ) , high level granodiorites and quartz- diorites ...
... levels are exposed . The Ladakh intrusives progressively become fewer and are surrounded by some highly metamorphosed units and having thiner contact aureoles . At Satpura ( Fig . 1 ) , high level granodiorites and quartz- diorites ...
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... levels , at the root of the thrust sheet , to shallow crustal levels at its leading edge . It is possible to analyse such thrust stacks using the principles of thin - skinned tectonics in order to derive the stacking sequence of the ...
... levels , at the root of the thrust sheet , to shallow crustal levels at its leading edge . It is possible to analyse such thrust stacks using the principles of thin - skinned tectonics in order to derive the stacking sequence of the ...
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... levels are indentified ( Table I ) . TABLE I ( a ) Structures associated with high tectonic levels i . Discrete brittle fault planes ii . Decollement and out - of - syncline reverse faults iii . Upward curving and branching listric ...
... levels are indentified ( Table I ) . TABLE I ( a ) Structures associated with high tectonic levels i . Discrete brittle fault planes ii . Decollement and out - of - syncline reverse faults iii . Upward curving and branching listric ...
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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