Himalayan Geology: A Collection of Papers Presented at the Symposium Held in Calcutta During October 1963 |
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... moraine and the present snout is all covered by moraines of various types . Some of the terminal moraines in this area are of small dimensions and it is inferred that the glacier has not been able to build up large moraines due to its ...
... moraine and the present snout is all covered by moraines of various types . Some of the terminal moraines in this area are of small dimensions and it is inferred that the glacier has not been able to build up large moraines due to its ...
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... moraine . Huge boulders , pebbles and sands , constitute th's ridge . The glacial stream during the course of years scoured its way through the southern extremity of the moraine . There are a number of small moraines within two ...
... moraine . Huge boulders , pebbles and sands , constitute th's ridge . The glacial stream during the course of years scoured its way through the southern extremity of the moraine . There are a number of small moraines within two ...
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... moraines of various types . Some of the terminal moraines are of small dimensions and it is probable that the glacier has not been able to build up its terminal moraine owing to its rapid retreat during this period . It may be stated ...
... moraines of various types . Some of the terminal moraines are of small dimensions and it is probable that the glacier has not been able to build up its terminal moraine owing to its rapid retreat during this period . It may be stated ...
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Chowdhury and B Das Sharma | 9 |
vi Traverses in the Himalaya of U P A Ranga Rao | 31 |
ii Geomorphology and the Himalayas P C Hazra and B N Raina | 47 |
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Alaknanda alluvium anticline Auden bands basin belt Bhagirathi biotite Blaini boulder bed carbonaceous Chails Chandpur chlorite clay colour conglomerate correlation Cretaceous deposits dolomite east exposed fault felspars flysch folded foliation foothills formations fossils Ganga Garhwal geochemical Geol Geological Survey geologists geophysical glacial glacier gneiss granite grey Himalaya indicate Indus flysch Jaunsars Jutogh Kalagarh Karewas Kashmir Krol Ladakh Larji limestone lithological Lower Siwalik Mandhali Mandi mapping metamorphic metres Middle Siwalik migmatites mineral mineralisation moraines Nagthat nappe nodules occur orogeny outcrops overlain overlying Panjal peaks pebbles phyllites Pleistocene Pradesh present Punjab purple quartz quartzite Ramganga region river salt sandstones schistose schists sediments seismic sequence shales Shali Simla Simla slates Siwalik snout Spiti stratigraphic structures Subathu Surv Survey of India Sutlej syncline tectonic terraces Tertiary thick thrust plane tion unconformity Upper Siwalik upto valley volcanic zone