Evolution of the Himalaya Based on Seismotectonics and Deep Seismic Soundings

Asia Badakshan Bouguer anomaly boundary as postulated continental contours COUNTER THRUST Crawford crust crustal thickness crystalline subprovince Deep Seismic Sounding depth earthquakes east fold belt Gansser geological geosynclinal Gondwana High Himalaya high seismicity zone highest seismicity Himalaya Himalayan region Indian plate Indian plate boundary Indian Platform Indian shield Indus Suture Line Kaila Kanzalwan Kashmir Kedarnath-Askot high Khatmandu-Everest high Kumaun landmass localized high Lower Himalaya Main Boundary Thrust Main Central Thrust main Himalayan maximum A-value Moho boundary Muzaffarabad Nan Shan Nanga Parbat NE-SW Nepal NGRI northeast northern NW-SE direction NW-SE trending OWEN FRACTURE ZONE Paleozoic Pamir parallel Petrushevsky Phanerozoic Pokhara Precambrian ridge seismic activity zone seismic high zone seismic plane seismicity map seismotectonic map Shot Point Sopur southeastern China Srinagar strike slip fault structure subducting Sunda trench Tarim Basin Tawang-Kangdu tectonic Tethyan Tethys Tibet Tibet region Tien Shan Tien Shan-Nan Shan underthrusting uplift western Wular lake