Structural Geology of the HimalayaP. S. Saklani |
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... stratigraphic series on its top and the Scale Zone on its base , the Tibetan slab is a huge pile of strongly metamorphosed rocks , thrust over the Hima- layan Midland series . Because of its normal stratigraphic connection with the ...
... stratigraphic series on its top and the Scale Zone on its base , the Tibetan slab is a huge pile of strongly metamorphosed rocks , thrust over the Hima- layan Midland series . Because of its normal stratigraphic connection with the ...
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... stratigraphic succession is found from the south to the north of the chain and proves that this gneiss does not belong to the Tibetan slab . Also there is absence of such stratigraphic sequence . So this would mean that the series ...
... stratigraphic succession is found from the south to the north of the chain and proves that this gneiss does not belong to the Tibetan slab . Also there is absence of such stratigraphic sequence . So this would mean that the series ...
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... stratigraphic column is summarised in Fig . 4. The percentage of quartz shows a minimum in the Middle Siwalik Formation C. Such a dilution of the quartz content is in response to an increase in the felspar and ' other rock fragments ...
... stratigraphic column is summarised in Fig . 4. The percentage of quartz shows a minimum in the Middle Siwalik Formation C. Such a dilution of the quartz content is in response to an increase in the felspar and ' other rock fragments ...
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Almora anatexis anticline augen axes axial plane Badrinath basin beds Bhattacharya biotite Blaini cleavage Delhi developed direction earthquakes eastern Eocene F₂ fabric facies fault folds foliation Gansser Garhwal Garhwal Himalaya garnet Geol gneiss grained granitic gneisses Himalaya Indian Indian plate Indo-Pakistan Jour Jutogh Kashmir Klootwijk Krol Belt Krol thrust Kumaun Kumaun Himalaya Ladakh Lesser Himalaya limestone Lingtse Gneiss Lower Main Boundary Main Central Thrust metamorphism mica schist micaceous Middle Siwalik migmatite mineral lineation Mukhem mylonitic Naini nappe Nepal observed occur ophiolite orientation Pakistan palaeomagnetic parallel phase of deformation phyllite plagioclase porphyroblastic quartz quartzite Quetta region rocks rotation S₁ S₂ Saklani sandstone schist schistosity sedimentary sediments seismicity sequence shales shear Simla Sinha Roy Siwalik Siwalik Formation slate stratigraphic structures Surv Suture Zone syncline tectonic tectonites thrust sheet thrust zone Tibetan slab tourmaline trend units Upper Valdiya valley volcanics