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... rocks are common feature in the orogenic belts . Various explanations are given for their origins namely the ... sedimentary rocks , on the top ( Lee et al . , 2004 ) . In northeastern Pakistan several regional size domes have been ...
... rocks are common feature in the orogenic belts . Various explanations are given for their origins namely the ... sedimentary rocks , on the top ( Lee et al . , 2004 ) . In northeastern Pakistan several regional size domes have been ...
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... 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 sedimentary sequences of some areas are highly enriched in the ...
... 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 sedimentary sequences of some areas are highly enriched in the ...
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... rock yielded Late Archaean or Early Proterozoic age and the youngest sedimentary rocks as well as sediments are of Quaternary age . Sedimentary rocks in the Himalaya prominently occur in three divisions i.e. in the Outer , Lesser and ...
... rock yielded Late Archaean or Early Proterozoic age and the youngest sedimentary rocks as well as sediments are of Quaternary age . Sedimentary rocks in the Himalaya prominently occur in three divisions i.e. in the Outer , Lesser and ...
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