Structural geology of the Himalaya

Almora anatexis annular girdle anticline augen axes axial plane Badrinath bedding Bhattacharya biotite Central Crystalline chlorite cleavage crystalline units defined Delhi developed dips direction Dwarahat earthquakes fault field finite strain first flattening folds foliation Formation Gansser Garhwal Garhwal Himalaya garnet Geology girdle axis gneisses grained granitic gneisses granitoid rocks Himalaya Himalayan Geol India Indus Jour Jutogh Krol Belt Krol thrust Kumar Kumaun Kumaun Himalaya Ladakh Lesser Himalaya limestone Main Central Thrust maxima metamorphism mica schist micaceous migmatites mineral lineation Misra mobilizate Mukhem mylonitic Naini nappe Nepal observed ophiolite orientation palaeomagnetic parallel pelitic phyllites plagioclase porphyroblastic quartz quartzite Quetta Ramgarh region rotation Saklani schist schistosity sedimentary belt sediments seismicity sequence shales shear significance Simla Siwalik slate strain ellipsoid stratigraphic sub-maxima Surv syncline tectonic tectonites thrust sheet Tibetan slab tourmaline tourmaline granite trend Valdiya valley veins