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... Siwalik sedimentation which commenced in the Miocene . 5. The Main Boundary Thrust and Associated Shear Zones The Lesser Himalayan pile of parautochthonous units , Chail Nappes and Crystalline Nappes was affected by later compression ...
... Siwalik sedimentation which commenced in the Miocene . 5. The Main Boundary Thrust and Associated Shear Zones The Lesser Himalayan pile of parautochthonous units , Chail Nappes and Crystalline Nappes was affected by later compression ...
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... Siwalik basins ' were carved out further to the south of Dagshai and Kasauli belts . The rocks deposited in these basins sometimes partly overlap the Dagshai and Kasauli formations thereby indicating that some parts of the Dagshai and ...
... Siwalik basins ' were carved out further to the south of Dagshai and Kasauli belts . The rocks deposited in these basins sometimes partly overlap the Dagshai and Kasauli formations thereby indicating that some parts of the Dagshai and ...
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... Siwalik molasses sedimentation . Systematic increase of higher grade metamorphic heavy minerals , and increasing frequency of gneissic rock fragments and pebbles over those from lower grade rocks in the younger formations of the Siwalik ...
... Siwalik molasses sedimentation . Systematic increase of higher grade metamorphic heavy minerals , and increasing frequency of gneissic rock fragments and pebbles over those from lower grade rocks in the younger formations of the Siwalik ...
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Tectonics and Structure of the Pamirs | 1 |
Metamorphic events in Ladakh Indus suture zone Karakorum | 17 |
Peninsular and Himalayan Precambrian Belts | 31 |
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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