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... units showing their regional trend ( NW - SE ) parallel to the " Indus suture " . To the south of it , the Spongtang klippe ( the Shillakong ophiolite nappe of Srikantia and Razdan , 1981 ) represents the uppermost tectonic units of the ...
... units showing their regional trend ( NW - SE ) parallel to the " Indus suture " . To the south of it , the Spongtang klippe ( the Shillakong ophiolite nappe of Srikantia and Razdan , 1981 ) represents the uppermost tectonic units of the ...
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... units . The lowest unit may be parautochthonous ; the higher ones are nappes . The composing rock series of prevailingly epimetamorphic grade are described . The Chail Nappes lie between the almost non - metamorphosed Parautochthonous Unit ...
... units . The lowest unit may be parautochthonous ; the higher ones are nappes . The composing rock series of prevailingly epimetamorphic grade are described . The Chail Nappes lie between the almost non - metamorphosed Parautochthonous Unit ...
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... units and the Parautochthonous unit . There are several outliers preserved in synclines of the Krol Belt , which document that the highest Chail Nappes have overthrust this belt : Satengal , Banali ( Auden , 1937 ; Jain 1972 ) , Garhwal ...
... units and the Parautochthonous unit . There are several outliers preserved in synclines of the Krol Belt , which document that the highest Chail Nappes have overthrust this belt : Satengal , Banali ( Auden , 1937 ; Jain 1972 ) , Garhwal ...
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The Central Himalayan Gneisses in Northern Pakistan | 1 |
LowPressure Metamorphism in a Regionally Metamorphic | 49 |
The Buniyar Granite of the Kashmir Himalaya | 61 |
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Acharyya Almora amphibolite andalusite anticline assemblages augen gneiss axes axial plane axis Barun bedding belt Berinag Bhutan biotite Buxa Central Crystallines Chail Chail Nappes chlorite Chomolongma crenulation cleavage developed diagram fabric facies faults feldspar folds foliation Formation fractures Gansser Garhwal Garhwal Himalaya garnet Geol Geology girdle gneiss Gondwana grade grains granite gneiss Group Himalaya India isograd Jour Jutogh Khola Khumbu Kumaun kyanite Lesser Himalaya limestone lithological lower Main Central Thrust Makalu Massif mesoscopic metasediments mica schist micaceous migmatites mineral lineation muscovite mylonitic nappe Nepal North Almora Thrust occur orientation parallel pelitic Phaplu phase of deformation phyllites plagioclase porphyroblasts Pradesh Precambrian quartz quartzite reaction regional metamorphism rocks S₂ Saklani schist schistosity sedimentary sediments sequence sericite shear sillimanite Simla Siwalik Siyom slates staurolite stratigraphic strike-slip structural Surv syncline tectonic temperature Tethyan texture Thimpu thrust sheet thrust zone tourmaline trend upper Vaikrita Valdiya valley