Himalaya: geological aspects

Acharyya Alpine Alps associated basement faults basin batholith belt biotite Bordet Central Crystalline collision continental Cretaceous crust crustal deformation deposits Earth Planet earthquakes Eastem Eocene facies field first flow flysch folds foreland formation Gansser Garhwal Geodynamics Geol Geology Geophys geosyncline gneiss Gondwana granite Himalaya Indian plate Indus island arc Jour Karakorum Kashmir Klootwijk Krol Kumaun Ladakh Late Lesser Himalaya limestone lndus Lower magmatic Main Boundary Main Central Thrust margin melange Mesozoic metamorphism Molnar movement nappe Nepal northem occur oceanic ofthe ophiolite orogenic Pakistan Palaeogene palaeomagnetic Palaeozoic Pamir Pande Panjal phase plate tectonics Plateau Precambrian Proterozoic quartzite Quetta Range region rocks rotation Saklani sandstones Saxena schists sedimentary sediments seismicity sequence serpentinite significance Simla Siwalik southem stratigraphic structural subduction Surv suture zone Tectonic Zone Tectonophysics Tertiary Tethyan Tethys thickness Tibetan slab Upper Valdiya volcanics westem