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... major N - S trending low - angle thrusts . Around 925 m.y. ago , postorogenic granites were intruded in belts parallel to the trend of the major thrusts . Corresponding granites in the Himalaya could not be expected to have been ...
... major N - S trending low - angle thrusts . Around 925 m.y. ago , postorogenic granites were intruded in belts parallel to the trend of the major thrusts . Corresponding granites in the Himalaya could not be expected to have been ...
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... major thrusts . As visualized by him the great Himalaya was uplifted as a result of development of major crustal shear ( Fig . 1a ) along the Main Central Thrust ( MCT ) . Due to northward movement of the Indian plate the MCT acquired a ...
... major thrusts . As visualized by him the great Himalaya was uplifted as a result of development of major crustal shear ( Fig . 1a ) along the Main Central Thrust ( MCT ) . Due to northward movement of the Indian plate the MCT acquired a ...
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... major and trace element chemistry ' of the rocks in various metamorphic grades is shown in Table I and Table II , respectively . The general major- element character of the rocks is that AI , O , is consistently in excess over the ...
... major and trace element chemistry ' of the rocks in various metamorphic grades is shown in Table I and Table II , respectively . The general major- element character of the rocks is that AI , O , is consistently in excess over 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