Himalayan transverse faults and folds and their parallelism with subsurface structures of north Indian plains

KS Valdiya - Tectonophysics, 1976 - Elsevier
A large number of fractures, faults and folds trending normal and oblique to the Himalayan
tectonic trend have been recognized in recent years. The tear faults of Kumaun and Nepal …

Dynamic association of slope movements in the Uttarakhand Himalaya: a critical review on the landslide susceptibility assessment

H Khali, KS Rawat, RS Chatterjee - Geomatics, Natural Hazards …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Slope movement, the surface expressions as seated scars are the variety of surface
deformation mechanisms on the earth's outer crust. These slow-deformation mechanisms …

The Kumaun and Garwhal Lesser Himalaya, India: Part 1. Structure and stratigraphy

J Célérier, TM Harrison… - Geological Society of …, 2009 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Our understanding of the geologic evolution of the Himalaya remains incomplete,
particularly in regard to structural and geochronologic details of the Proterozoic-Paleozoic …

Identification of new base metal mineralization in Kumaon Himalaya, India, using hyperspectral remote sensing and hydrothermal alteration

H Govil, N Gill, S Rajendran, M Santosh, S Kumar - Ore Geology Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Economic mineral deposits are commonly associated with zones of intense hydrothermal
alteration. Space borne hyperspectral remote sensing is one of the recent techniques that …

Pressure, temperature and time constraints on metamorphism across the Main Central Thrust zone and High Himalayan Slab in the Garhwal Himalaya

RP Metcalfe - Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 1993 - lyellcollection.org
Following the early Eocene collision of India and Asia, continental subduction occurred on
the northward-dipping Main Central Thrust (MCT). In western Garhwal, N. India, upper …

Fuzzy-based method for landslide hazard assessment in active seismic zone of Himalaya

PK Champati Ray, S Dimri, RC Lakhera, S Sati - Landslides, 2007 - Springer
Landslides in Himalaya cause widespread damage in terms of property and human lives. It
the present study, an attempt is made to derive information on causative parameters and …

Geochemistry and petrogenesis of Garhwal volcanics: implications for evolution of the north Indian lithosphere

T Ahmad, J Tarney - Precambrian Research, 1991 - Elsevier
Middle Proterozoic magmatism in the Garhwal Himalayas consists of an extensive sequence
of mafic volcanics plus associated mafic dyke sheets. Geochemical data reveal that the …

Himalayan Main Central Thrust and its implications for Himalayan inverted metamorphism

S Sinha-Roy - Tectonophysics, 1982 - Elsevier
Within the scheme of south-directed orogenic polarity in the Himalayan region, the Main
Central Thrust (MCT) developed at an intermediate stage between the collisional tectonics …

Tectonics of the central sector of the Himalaya

KS Valdiya - Zagros Hindu Kush Himalaya Geodynamic …, 1981 - Wiley Online Library
Summary The Kumaun Himalaya is not only an epitome of the tectonic design of the whole
Himalaya mountain, but also it is seismotectonically the most reponsive sector. The Lesser …

Estimation of active surface deformation using PSInSAR technique of the Central Himalayan region

GC Kothyari, RK Dumka, K Luirei… - Geocarto …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The Kumaun Himalaya is considered as the most active part of the Central Seismic
gap in the Indian Sub-continent. In this paper, we presented active surface deformation rates …