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... Quaternary period . This rate is five times faster than measured in the Alps . Three to five or six phases of rapid upliftment have been recorded in Quaternary . Most spectacular example of upliftment is Tibetan plateau ( average height ...
... Quaternary period . This rate is five times faster than measured in the Alps . Three to five or six phases of rapid upliftment have been recorded in Quaternary . Most spectacular example of upliftment is Tibetan plateau ( average height ...
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... Quaternary . Kathmandu Valley has more than 500 m thick lake deposits at 1360- 1550 m elevation at present . The fossil records show that area was having the same elevation before Quaternary . The present upliftment rate in the Himalaya ...
... Quaternary . Kathmandu Valley has more than 500 m thick lake deposits at 1360- 1550 m elevation at present . The fossil records show that area was having the same elevation before Quaternary . The present upliftment rate in the Himalaya ...
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... Quaternary changes in sea level and sedimentation rate along the SW coast of Indian Evidence from radiocarbon dates . Curr . Sci . , V. 81 ( 5 ) , pp . 594-599 . Pande , A.K. , Virdi , N.S. and Gairola , V.K. ( 2003 ) . Evolution of ...
... Quaternary changes in sea level and sedimentation rate along the SW coast of Indian Evidence from radiocarbon dates . Curr . Sci . , V. 81 ( 5 ) , pp . 594-599 . Pande , A.K. , Virdi , N.S. and Gairola , V.K. ( 2003 ) . Evolution of ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
CHAPTER2 INDOGANGETIC PLAIN | 11 |
CHAPTER3 GEOMORPHOLOGY OF HIMALAYA | 19 |
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activities amphibolite Arunachal Pradesh basin beds belt Bhutan Biyani carbonate Central clay comprises contains Cretaceous crustal crystalline deformation Dehradun district dolomite Early earthquakes eastern Eocene evolution faults folds Formation fossils Ganga Garhwal Geol geological geosyncline glacial glaciers gneiss Gondwana granite Group Higher Himalaya Himachal Pradesh Himalaya Himalayan region India Indian plate Indus Suture Jammu and Kashmir Karakoram Kathmandu km depth km long km wide kmĀ³ Kohistan Krol Kumaun Ladakh lakes landslide large number Lesser Himalaya limestone located magmatic magnesite metamorphism minerals mountain movement Nappe Nepal northern ophiolitic orogenic Pakistan Palaeozoic pegmatite peninsular Permian phase phosphorite phyllite present Proterozoic quartzite reported rivers sandstone Satluj schist sediments seismic sequence shale shear Shimla Shyok Suture Sikkim Siwalik slates slope southern sq km stratigraphic structure Subathu subduction sulphide Suture Zone tectonic terrain Tertiary thick Thrust Tibet upliftment Upper Uttaranchal Vaikrita Valley Volcanics Yamuna Zanskar