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... active faults inside the Nepal Himalaya have been investigated in order to clarify the tectonic characteristic of the ranges . Active faults described in this paper are defined as faults which repeatedly moved during the late Quaternary ...
... active faults inside the Nepal Himalaya have been investigated in order to clarify the tectonic characteristic of the ranges . Active faults described in this paper are defined as faults which repeatedly moved during the late Quaternary ...
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... active faults with right - lateral displacement are detected by interpretation of Landsat images ( Koike et al , 1982 ) . It is noteworthy that the Himalayan Ranges have been relatively subsiding along these active faults during the ...
... active faults with right - lateral displacement are detected by interpretation of Landsat images ( Koike et al , 1982 ) . It is noteworthy that the Himalayan Ranges have been relatively subsiding along these active faults during the ...
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... active , making up total amount of active faulting to be equalized in each domain . CONCLUSION The characteristics of active tectonics in the Himalayan Range are summarized as follows : 1. Right - lateral displacement prevails along the ...
... active , making up total amount of active faulting to be equalized in each domain . CONCLUSION The characteristics of active tectonics in the Himalayan Range are summarized as follows : 1. Right - lateral displacement prevails along the ...
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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