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... fossiliferous quartzite . Terminal Proterozoic to Mid Cambrian age is assigned to Pekla Group . The succeeding Tang Chu Group of Lower Devonian to Lower Permian age is divided into Wachila Formation of more than 250 m thick fine grained ...
... fossiliferous quartzite . Terminal Proterozoic to Mid Cambrian age is assigned to Pekla Group . The succeeding Tang Chu Group of Lower Devonian to Lower Permian age is divided into Wachila Formation of more than 250 m thick fine grained ...
Page 143
... fossiliferous quartzite . Terminal Proterozoic to Mid Cambrian age is assigned to Pekla Group . The succeeding Tang Chu Group of Lower Devonian to Lower Permian age is divided into Wachila Formation of more than 250 m thick fine grained ...
... fossiliferous quartzite . Terminal Proterozoic to Mid Cambrian age is assigned to Pekla Group . The succeeding Tang Chu Group of Lower Devonian to Lower Permian age is divided into Wachila Formation of more than 250 m thick fine grained ...
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... FOSSILIFEROUS HORIZONS OF HIMALAYA Aerial coverage of sedimentary rocks in the Himalaya exceeds the combined surface occurrences of igneous and metamorphic rocks . A major portion of sedimentary rocks is abiotic in nature but ...
... FOSSILIFEROUS HORIZONS OF HIMALAYA Aerial coverage of sedimentary rocks in the Himalaya exceeds the combined surface occurrences of igneous and metamorphic rocks . A major portion of sedimentary rocks is abiotic in nature but ...
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