Aspects of Tectonics: Focus on South-Central Asia

Africa aulacogens basaltic basement blueschist Boundary Thrust carbonatite central characterized cm/year coast complex continental blocks continental margins continents convection craton Cretaceous crustal deformation deposits depth developed Dharwar drift earth earthquakes east eastern emplacement Eocene evolution flysch folds fractures Geol geological geosynclines giving rise graben granitic gravity anomaly heat flow Himalaya igneous activities Indian plate Indian shield Indian subcontinent island arc Jour Jurassic Krol Kumaun Ladakh lavas Lesser Himalaya lithosphere magmas Makran melange Mesozoic metamorphism mgal minerals Miocene mobile belts mountain nappes Narmada northern obducted ocean floor oceanic crust oceanic plate oceanic ridges oceanic trenches ophiolites orogenic belts Palaeozoic plate margins plate tectonics Plateau plutonic Precambrian Proterozoic province represent rift valleys River rocks sedimentary sediments seismicity Shan shear Sindhu Siwalik South southern strike-slip faults structure subduction zone subsidence Suture Zone Tertiary Tethys thick transform faults trending ultramafic uplift upper mantle Valdiya volcanic