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... origin of a nappe structure which is the most effective structure of horizontal shortening of the buoyant continental crust . Superficial nappes , i.e. the nappes of the sedimentary cover are typical of the substage of a mature ...
... origin of a nappe structure which is the most effective structure of horizontal shortening of the buoyant continental crust . Superficial nappes , i.e. the nappes of the sedimentary cover are typical of the substage of a mature ...
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... origin of the Himalaya appears as the youngest ( Mesozoic - Cenozoic ) phase of the development of the broad Phanerozoic collision belt . The origin of the orogen of the pre - Pacific type in the Karakorum - Transhimalayan zone is ...
... origin of the Himalaya appears as the youngest ( Mesozoic - Cenozoic ) phase of the development of the broad Phanerozoic collision belt . The origin of the orogen of the pre - Pacific type in the Karakorum - Transhimalayan zone is ...
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... origin of the Himalaya due to continental collision is not supported by geological and tectonic observations . Instead geochemical processes operating in the mantle , and mantle diapirism giving rise to gravity tectonics sensu lato and ...
... origin of the Himalaya due to continental collision is not supported by geological and tectonic observations . Instead geochemical processes operating in the mantle , and mantle diapirism giving rise to gravity tectonics sensu lato and ...
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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