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... plate convergence recorded in orogens can be ( at least partly ) checked by the plate divergence recorded in oceans . This is why the individual types of structural records of orogeny are termed according to the type areas of the ...
... plate convergence recorded in orogens can be ( at least partly ) checked by the plate divergence recorded in oceans . This is why the individual types of structural records of orogeny are termed according to the type areas of the ...
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... plate boundaries in Indian landmass has been an unsolved and puzzling problem . After the dispersal of Gondwanaland , the Indian plate has exhibited extraordinary south - north mobility ( 9,000 km during the last 180 Ma ) and 60 ...
... plate boundaries in Indian landmass has been an unsolved and puzzling problem . After the dispersal of Gondwanaland , the Indian plate has exhibited extraordinary south - north mobility ( 9,000 km during the last 180 Ma ) and 60 ...
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... plate . INTRODUCTION The present Himalaya is a product of continental - continental collision between the Indian plate and Eurasia ( Lyon - Caen and Molnar , 1983 ; Molnar , 1986 ; Valdiya , 1984a ) . During the Mesozoic and early ...
... plate . INTRODUCTION The present Himalaya is a product of continental - continental collision between the Indian plate and Eurasia ( Lyon - Caen and Molnar , 1983 ; Molnar , 1986 ; Valdiya , 1984a ) . During the Mesozoic and early ...
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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