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... earthquakes , are combined to derive a general model of Himalayan tectonics . A shallow thrust of gentle dip , termed the Detachment , underlies the Indo - Ganga plain and the Lower Himalaya . Rupture of this fault , which separates the ...
... earthquakes , are combined to derive a general model of Himalayan tectonics . A shallow thrust of gentle dip , termed the Detachment , underlies the Indo - Ganga plain and the Lower Himalaya . Rupture of this fault , which separates the ...
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... earthquakes on the Detachment . Aseismic slip may play an important role on discrete portions of both the Detachment and the Basement Thrust . The possibility for the aseismic Detachment slips in Hazara has been mentioned above ...
... earthquakes on the Detachment . Aseismic slip may play an important role on discrete portions of both the Detachment and the Basement Thrust . The possibility for the aseismic Detachment slips in Hazara has been mentioned above ...
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... earthquakes . Large earthquakes along the Basement Thrust will also be locally destructive . However , the extent of damage associated with these events will be much less than for Detachment earthquakes . Damage will be limited to the ...
... earthquakes . Large earthquakes along the Basement Thrust will also be locally destructive . However , the extent of damage associated with these events will be much less than for Detachment earthquakes . Damage will be limited to 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