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1 Tectonics of the Indian Subcontinent: An Introduction |
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1 | (16) |
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1 | (1) |
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2 | (8) |
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1.2.1 Mountains and Plateaus |
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2 | (4) |
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6 | (1) |
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7 | (1) |
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1.2.4 Indus--Ganga--Brahmputra Plain |
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8 | (2) |
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1.3 Geology and Tectonics |
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10 | (5) |
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10 | (2) |
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1.3.2 Proterozoic Mobile Belts |
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12 | (1) |
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1.3.3 Intracratonic Sedimentary Basins |
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1.3.4 Himalaya Mobile Belt |
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13 | (2) |
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1.3.5 Andaman Island Arc and Central Myanmar Plain |
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15 | (1) |
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15 | (2) |
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17 | (106) |
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17 | (1) |
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18 | (8) |
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2.2.1 Geological Framework |
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18 | (1) |
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2.2.2 Banded Gneissic Complex (BGC) |
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18 | (2) |
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2.2.3 Tectonothermal Events and Metamorphism in Sandmata and Mangalwar Complexes |
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20 | (2) |
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2.2.4 Sedimentation Over the Rifted Aravalli Basement |
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22 | (1) |
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2.2.5 Nature of Tectonic Contacts |
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22 | (1) |
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2.2.6 Volcano-Sedimentary Greenstone Belts |
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23 | (1) |
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2.2.7 The Berach Granite---Base of the Aravalli Metasediments |
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24 | (1) |
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2.2.8 The Mangalwar Complex: The Sequence Above |
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25 | (1) |
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2.2.9 Place in the Global Paleogeography |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (12) |
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2.3.1 Spatial Distribution and Geological Framework |
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26 | (1) |
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2.3.2 Stratigraphic and Tectonic Units |
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27 | (5) |
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32 | (2) |
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2.3.4 Dhala Impact Crater |
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34 | (3) |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (10) |
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2.4.1 Limits of the Craton |
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38 | (1) |
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2.4.2 Geological Framework |
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39 | (5) |
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44 | (4) |
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48 | (8) |
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2.5.1 Tectonic Boundaries |
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48 | (1) |
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2.5.2 Major Litho-tectonic Components |
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49 | (7) |
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56 | (11) |
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56 | (2) |
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2.6.2 Geological and Tectonic Framework |
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58 | (9) |
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67 | (34) |
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67 | (2) |
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2.7.2 Geological and Tectonic Framework |
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69 | (4) |
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2.7.3 Dharwar Greenstone Belts |
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73 | (7) |
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2.7.4 Closepet Granite (Calc-alkaline to Potassic Plutons) |
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80 | (3) |
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83 | (7) |
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2.7.6 Proterozoic Mafic Dikes |
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101 | (22) |
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123 | (14) |
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124 | (2) |
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3.2.1 Highland Complex (HC) |
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124 | (1) |
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3.2.2 Vijayan Complex (VC) |
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125 | (1) |
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126 | (1) |
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3.2.4 Kadugannawa Complex (KC) |
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126 | (1) |
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126 | (2) |
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3.3.1 Structures of the Highland Complex (HC) |
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126 | (1) |
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3.3.2 Structures of the Vijayan Complex (VC) |
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127 | (1) |
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3.3.3 Structures of the Wanni Complex (WC) |
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128 | (1) |
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128 | (2) |
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130 | (1) |
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3.6 Sri Lankan Thrusts and Faults |
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131 | (1) |
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132 | (2) |
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134 | (3) |
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4 Proterozoic Mobile Belts |
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137 | (98) |
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137 | (1) |
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4.2 Aravalli--Delhi Mobile Belt (ADMB) |
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137 | (32) |
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137 | (3) |
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4.2.2 Regional Geological Setup |
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140 | (1) |
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4.2.3 Aravalli Mobile Belt |
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140 | (14) |
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154 | (8) |
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4.2.5 Neoproterozoic Tectonics in the ADMB |
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162 | (2) |
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4.2.6 Orogenies During Aravalli and Delhi |
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164 | (1) |
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4.2.7 The Crustal Evolutionary Models |
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165 | (4) |
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4.3 Central Indian Tectonic Zone (CITZ) |
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169 | (14) |
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169 | (1) |
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169 | (8) |
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4.3.3 Son--Narmada South Fault (SNSF) |
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177 | (1) |
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4.3.4 Gavilgarh--Tan Shear Zone (GTSZ) |
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177 | (1) |
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4.3.5 Central Indian Shear Zone (CIS) |
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178 | (1) |
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4.3.6 Great Indian Proterozoic Fold Belt (GIPFOB) |
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178 | (2) |
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4.3.7 Plate Tectonic Models |
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180 | (3) |
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4.4 Singhbhum Mobile Belt (SMB) |
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183 | (6) |
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183 | (1) |
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4.4.2 Gangpur and Kunjar Groups |
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184 | (1) |
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184 | (1) |
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4.4.4 Metasediments of Dhanjori Belt |
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185 | (1) |
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4.4.5 Dalma Volcanic Formation |
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186 | (1) |
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4.4.6 Chakradharpur Granite Gneiss (CGG) |
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187 | (1) |
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4.4.7 Singhbhum Shear Zone (SSZ) |
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188 | (1) |
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4.4.8 Tamar Porapahar Shear Zone (TPSZ)/South Purulia Shear Zone (SPSZ) |
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188 | (1) |
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4.5 Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt (EGMB) |
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189 | (13) |
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189 | (1) |
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4.5.2 Geological and Tectonic Framework |
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189 | (2) |
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191 | (5) |
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196 | (3) |
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4.5.5 Age of Metamorphism |
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199 | (1) |
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200 | (1) |
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4.5.7 Tectonic Evolution and India--Antarctica Connection |
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201 | (1) |
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4.6 Karimnagar and Bhopalpatnam Granulite Belts |
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202 | (3) |
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4.6.1 Karimnagar Granulite Belt (KGB) |
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204 | (1) |
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4.6.2 Bhopalpatanam Granulite Belt (KGB) |
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204 | (1) |
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4.7 Nellore--Khammam Schist Belt |
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205 | (2) |
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205 | (1) |
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206 | (1) |
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4.7.3 Prakasam Alkaline Complex |
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206 | (1) |
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4.7.4 Kandra Ophiolite Complex (KOC) and Kanigiri Ophiohtic Melange (KOM) |
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206 | (1) |
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4.8 Pandyan Mobile Belt (PMB) |
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207 | (5) |
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4.8.1 Location and Terminology |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (3) |
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211 | (1) |
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212 | (23) |
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5 Proterozoic `Purana' Basins |
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235 | (60) |
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235 | (3) |
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238 | (4) |
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242 | (1) |
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242 | (2) |
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244 | (1) |
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244 | (1) |
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245 | (12) |
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5.7.1 Configuration of the Vindhyan Basin |
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245 | (1) |
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5.7.2 Historical Perspective |
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246 | (1) |
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5.7.3 Spatial Distribution |
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246 | (2) |
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248 | (3) |
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5.7.5 Sequence Stratigraphic Setting |
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251 | (1) |
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5.7.6 Stable Isotopic Studies |
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251 | (1) |
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5.7.7 Depositional Environment |
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251 | (1) |
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5.7.8 Basin Configuration and Tectonics |
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252 | (2) |
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254 | (1) |
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5.7.10 Age of the Vindhyan Sedimentary Pile |
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254 | (3) |
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257 | (1) |
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258 | (4) |
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5.10 Indravati and Sukma Basins |
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262 | (2) |
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5.11 Khariar--Ampani Basins |
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264 | (1) |
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264 | (1) |
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5.13 Pranhita--Godavari (PG) Basin |
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265 | (3) |
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268 | (2) |
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5.14.1 Bagalkot Group (Kaladgi Group) |
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268 | (1) |
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269 | (1) |
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270 | (1) |
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270 | (1) |
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271 | (8) |
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273 | (2) |
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5.16.2 Nallamalai Subbasin |
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275 | (1) |
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5.16.3 Srisailam Subbasin |
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276 | (1) |
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5.16.4 Kurnool and Palnad Subbasins |
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276 | (1) |
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277 | (1) |
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278 | (1) |
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279 | (16) |
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6 Tectonics of the Himalaya |
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295 | (154) |
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295 | (1) |
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296 | (1) |
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297 | (3) |
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6.4 Tectonics of the Indus--Ganga--Brahmaputra Plain (IGBP) |
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300 | (8) |
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300 | (1) |
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301 | (1) |
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6.4.3 Precambrian Basement, Faults, and Depressions |
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302 | (3) |
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305 | (1) |
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6.4.5 Tectonic Blocks and Soil Chronology |
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306 | (1) |
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6.4.6 Tectonic Features of the Rapti--Gandak Plain |
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306 | (1) |
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307 | (1) |
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6.4.8 Genesis of the IGBP---A Foreland Basin |
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307 | (1) |
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6.5 Cenozoic Himalayan Foreland Basin (HFB) |
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308 | (9) |
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309 | (1) |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (1) |
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311 | (3) |
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6.5.5 Duns---Late Cenozoic--Holocene Tectonics |
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314 | (1) |
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6.5.6 Detrital Sources in Foreland Basin |
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315 | (2) |
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317 | (14) |
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318 | (1) |
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6.6.2 Outer Lesser Himalayan (oLH) Sedimentary Belt (NW Himalaya) |
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319 | (5) |
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6.6.3 Outer Lesser Himalayan (oLH) Sedimentary Belt (Sikkim, Bhutan, Arunachal Himalaya) |
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324 | (2) |
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6.6.4 oLH Carbon and Oxygen Isotopes |
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326 | (2) |
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6.6.5 Lesser Himalayan Crystalline (LHC) Nappe |
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328 | (1) |
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6.6.6 Inner Lesser Himalayan (iLH) Sedimentary Belt |
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328 | (3) |
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6.7 Himalayan Metamorphic Belt (HMB) |
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331 | (18) |
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332 | (2) |
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334 | (13) |
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6.7.3 Tso Morari Crystalline Belt (UHP Metamorphism) |
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347 | (2) |
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6.8 Tethyan Himalayan Sequence (THS) |
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349 | (12) |
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352 | (4) |
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6.8.2 Ordovician--Silurian |
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356 | (1) |
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6.8.3 Devonian--Carboniferous |
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357 | (1) |
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358 | (2) |
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6.8.5 Jurassic--Cretaceous |
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360 | (1) |
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6.9 Large-Scale Basin Configuration |
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361 | (9) |
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6.9.1 Paleoproterozoic Inner Lesser Himalaya (iLH) Basin |
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362 | (2) |
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6.9.2 oLH Detrital Zircon Pattern |
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364 | (1) |
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6.9.3 Great Himalayan Sequence (GHS) Detrital Zircon Pattern |
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365 | (2) |
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6.9.4 Tethyan Himalayan Basin |
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367 | (1) |
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6.9.5 Neoproterozoic (~ 1.10 to 0.85 Ga Zircons) Basin--Great Himalayan Sequence (GHS)---Rodinia Configuration |
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368 | (2) |
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370 | (23) |
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6.10.1 Main Frontal Thrust (MFT) |
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371 | (4) |
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6.10.2 Main Boundary Thrust (MBT) |
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375 | (2) |
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6.10.3 Medlicott Wadia Thrust (MWT) |
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377 | (5) |
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6.10.4 Reactivation of the Main Boundary Thrust (MBT) |
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382 | (1) |
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6.10.5 Main Central Thrust (MCT) |
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383 | (5) |
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6.10.6 South Tibetan Detachment System (STDS) |
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388 | (2) |
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6.10.7 Main Himalayan Thrust |
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390 | (3) |
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393 | (15) |
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6.11.1 Paleoproterozoic Magmatic Arc |
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393 | (3) |
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6.11.2 Columbia Supercontinent and Paleoproterozoic Magmatic Arc |
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396 | (3) |
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6.11.3 Rodinia (Neoproterozoic) and Magmatism |
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399 | (1) |
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6.11.4 Gondwana Amalgamation and Cambro-Ordovician Granitoids |
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400 | (2) |
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6.11.5 Pangaea Supercontinent and Permian Magmatism |
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402 | (2) |
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6.11.6 Magmatism During Himalayan Orogenesis |
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404 | (4) |
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408 | (6) |
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408 | (4) |
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6.12.2 Tso Morari Crystalline (TMC) Belt |
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412 | (1) |
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6.12.3 Trans-Himalayan Batholith (LB) |
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412 | (1) |
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413 | (1) |
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6.13 Large-Scale Himalayan Tectonics |
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414 | (4) |
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6.13.1 Large-Scale Underthrusting of India |
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416 | (1) |
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6.13.2 Continent-Continent Collision |
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416 | (1) |
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6.13.3 Intra-crustal Shortening of Indian Subcontinent by Underthrusting |
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416 | (1) |
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6.13.4 Subducting Indian Continental Crust |
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417 | (1) |
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6.13.5 Himalayan Wedge-Extrusion Model |
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417 | (1) |
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6.13.6 Channel Flow Model |
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417 | (1) |
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6.13.7 Tectonic Wedge Model |
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417 | (1) |
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6.13.8 Ductile Shear Model |
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418 | (1) |
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6.13.9 Southward-Propagating `In-Sequence' Ductile Thrusting |
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418 | (1) |
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6.14 Timing of India-Asia Convergence |
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418 | (1) |
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6.15 Geological Evolution of the Himalaya |
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419 | (6) |
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6.15.1 First Stage of Continental Subduction--Tso Morari Crystallines (TMC) |
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419 | (1) |
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6.15.2 First Rise of the Himalaya in the Tso Morari |
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420 | (1) |
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6.15.3 Second Stage of Continental Subduction-HHC |
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420 | (1) |
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6.15.4 Third Stage of Continental Subduction-Within HHC |
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421 | (1) |
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6.15.5 Present-Day Configuration |
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421 | (2) |
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6.15.6 Present-Day Configuration: Continental Collision Versus Subduction |
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423 | (2) |
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425 | (24) |
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7 Trans-Himalayan and Karakoram Ranges |
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449 | (38) |
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449 | (1) |
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7.2 Geology and Tectonics of the Trans-Himalayan |
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449 | (29) |
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7.2.1 Indus--Tsangpo Suture Zone (ITSZ) |
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450 | (9) |
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459 | (6) |
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465 | (4) |
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7.2.4 Karakoram Mountains: Southern Margin of the Asian Plate |
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469 | (7) |
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7.2.5 Timing of India-Asia Collision |
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476 | (2) |
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478 | (9) |
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8 Deccan Volcanic Province |
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487 | (38) |
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487 | (3) |
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490 | (6) |
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490 | (3) |
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8.2.2 Subtrappean Basement |
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493 | (2) |
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495 | (1) |
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496 | (1) |
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8.3.1 Aerial Extent and Volume |
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496 | (1) |
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496 | (9) |
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8.4.1 Lava Flows and Flow Fields |
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496 | (1) |
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8.4.2 Morphological Types |
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497 | (3) |
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500 | (3) |
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503 | (2) |
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505 | (6) |
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505 | (1) |
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8.5.2 Regional Zones of Deformation |
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505 | (6) |
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511 | (2) |
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513 | (1) |
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513 | (12) |
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9 Tectonics of Western Margin of India |
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525 | (32) |
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525 | (2) |
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527 | (19) |
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9.2.1 Offshore Marine Systems |
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528 | (9) |
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537 | (4) |
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541 | (5) |
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546 | (4) |
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550 | (7) |
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10 Geology and Tectonics of Bangladesh |
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557 | (2) |
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559 | (1) |
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560 | (7) |
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561 | (1) |
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10.3.2 Jurassic--Cretaceous |
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561 | (4) |
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565 | (1) |
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566 | (1) |
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567 | (6) |
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10.4.1 Precambrian Platform-Geotectonic Province: A Stable Shelf |
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568 | (5) |
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