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    The Main Himalayan Thrust (MHT) is a décollement under the Himalaya Range. This thrust fault follows a NW-SE strike, reminiscent of an arc, and gently...
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    The Main Frontal Thrust (MFT), also known as the Himalayan Frontal Thrust (HFT), is a geological fault in the Himalayas that defines the boundary between...
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    "Lesser Himalayan Sedimentary Zone (LHSZ) and the Lesser Himalayan Crystalline Nappes (LHCN)), Main Central thrust (MCT), Higher (or Greater) Himalayan crystallines...
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    along-strike in the active ages of the Main Central Thrust. It was not all formed at the same time. The Himalayan mountain belt was produced by the collision...
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  • thrust faults which accommodated stresses from the compression of the continental collision which led to Himalayan uplift. The Main Himalayan Thrust is...
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    To the west the main active part of the thrust belt is the Himalayan (or Main) Frontal Thrust, which joins the Main Himalayan Thrust at depth. To the...
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    continental collision or orogeny along the convergent boundary (Main Himalayan Thrust) between the Indo-Australian Plate and the Eurasian Plate. The Arakan...
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  • Plate from the Eurasian Plate. The boundary is defined along the Main Himalayan Thrust where the Indian Plate is colliding with the Eurasian Plate. The...
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  • beneath Tibet along a 2,500 km long convergent boundary known as the Main Himalayan Thrust has resulted in the uplifting of the overriding Eurasian Plate thus...
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  • homes. The Main Himalayan Thrust is a décollement structure that defines the boundary between the Indian Plate and Eurasian Plate. This thrust fault is...
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    in the southern part. It is delineated by the Himalayan Frontal Thrust (HFT) and Main Boundary Thrust (MBT) in south and north respectively. The youngest...
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  • structures like the Main Frontal Thrust, Main Boundary Thrust and Main Central Thrust, all splay branches of the Main Himalayan Thrust, accommodate the shortening...
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    Plate forming the Himalaya and Hindu Kush mountains, called the Main Himalayan Thrust.[citation needed] Geology portal India portal Historical geology...
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  • Plate from the Eurasian Plate. The boundary is defined along the Main Himalayan Thrust where the Indian Plate is colliding with the Eurasian Plate. The...
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  • the Main Boundary Thrust, Main Central Thrust and South Tibetan Detachment. At the surface, the Main Himalayan Thrust propagates along the Main Frontal...
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    zone Main Himalayan Thrust Lower Himalayan Range Ecology of the Himalayas Geology of the Himalaya Sivalik Hills Geography of Myanmar Indian Himalayan Region...
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    horizontal-dipping thrust fault on the interface of the plate boundary. The Main Himalayan Thrust; the décollement structure underlying the Himalayas was the source...
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    Distribution of Present day Deformation in Nepal: how cylindrical is the Main Himalayan Thrust in Nepal?" (PDF). Geophys. J. Int. 156 (1): 94–114. Bibcode:2004GeoJI...
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    "Return period of great Himalayan earthquakes in Eastern Nepal: evidence from the Patu and Bardibas strands of the Main Frontal Thrust" (PDF). Journal of Geophysical...
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    metres (29,031.7 ft). It is thought that the plate tectonics of the Main Himalayan Thrust and related faults, which form the convergent boundary between the...
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    plates collide along a convergent plate boundary which includes the Main Himalayan Thrust. Broad crustal deformation caused by the Indian Plate ploughing...
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    Sivalik Hills (category Himalayan subtropical broadleaf forests)
    Mountains Main Himalayan Thrust Lower/Lesser Himalaya Geographical subdivisions of Himalayas (from east to west) Eastern Himalaya Indian Himalayan Region...
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  • Plate. The main active structures on the margin are a series of major thrust faults. The basal thrust is known as the Main Himalayan Thrust (MHT) which...
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     Japan 5,000 8.7 Tsunami 1707 Hōei earthquake 4 May 1714 Night Main Himalayan Thrust, Bhutan Many 8.1 1714 Bhutan earthquake 8 July 1730 04:45 (local...
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  • India-Eurasia convergent boundary is the Main Himalayan Thrust which accommodates north–south continental collision. Thrust faulting in the Hindu Kush and Himalaya...
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  • Uttarkashi (M6.8) Main Frontal Thrust 2000 Himalaya Thrust Active 1505 Lo Mustang (M8.9), 1934 Bihar (M8.0) Main Himalayan Thrust 2000 Himalaya Subduction...
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    being thrusted up leading to the rise of the Tibetan Plateau, bounded to the south by the collisional Himalayan mountain range. The Himalayan foreland...
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    <77°E), the Main Central thrust and Lesser Himalayan Sequence rocks lies right beneath the Tethyan Himalayan Sequence. The Tethyan Himalayan Sequence covers...
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    Lawrence, Jesse F., Rai, Shyam S., Ashish, (2013), Characterizing the Main Himalayan Thrust in the Garhwal Himalaya, India with receiver function CCP stacking...
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    K.; Duncan, Chris (2014-02-01). "Geometry and kinematics of the Main Himalayan Thrust and Neogene crustal exhumation in the Bhutanese Himalaya derived...
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