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... suture zone . It is mainly developed in Tibet , however , in India and Pakistan it is present in the Ladakh and Karakoram regions where it is branches out into two sutures zones namely the southern Indus Suture and the northern Shyok Suture ...
... suture zone . It is mainly developed in Tibet , however , in India and Pakistan it is present in the Ladakh and Karakoram regions where it is branches out into two sutures zones namely the southern Indus Suture and the northern Shyok Suture ...
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... zones these suture zone rocks must have suffered intense buckling and uplifting Jungbwa Ultramafics Nappe This nappe covers an area of 3500 sq km and has 500 m thickness . It is made up of predominantly harzburgite that is subsequently ...
... zones these suture zone rocks must have suffered intense buckling and uplifting Jungbwa Ultramafics Nappe This nappe covers an area of 3500 sq km and has 500 m thickness . It is made up of predominantly harzburgite that is subsequently ...
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... Suture Zone that joins the Indian and Eurasian plates together and small part of Eurasian plate in Kohistan and Karakoram regions , because in this region continuity of Himalayan structure is present Figs ... Suture Zone, Shyok Suture Zone,
... Suture Zone that joins the Indian and Eurasian plates together and small part of Eurasian plate in Kohistan and Karakoram regions , because in this region continuity of Himalayan structure is present Figs ... Suture Zone, Shyok Suture Zone,
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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