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The Himalayan mountain belt was produced by the collision of the Indian plate and the Eurasian plate. It is structurally dominated by three north-dipping, fault-bound geological units stacked on each other. The major faults are South Tibetan Detachment, the Main Central Thrust, the Main Boundary Thrust and the Main Frontal Thrust. [2]
From south to north the Himalaya (Himalaya orogen) is divided into 4 parallel tectonostratigraphic zones and 5 thrust faults which extend across the length of Himalaya orogen. Each zone, flanked by the thrust faults on its north and south, has stratigraphy (type of rocks and their layering) different from the adjacent zones.
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 the Himalayan foothills and Indo-Gangetic Plain. [1] The fault is well expressed on the surface thus could be seen via satellite imagery.
These faults accommodated stresses parallel to the MBT and helped the Himalayan mountains grow. [2] Each of these faults served as the primary reliever of strain in the Himalayan Orogeny until being abandoned in a successive chain of intracontinental thrust faults. [3] Currently, the Main Frontal Thrust is the main thrust fault in the system. [4]
The Karakoram fault is an oblique-slip fault system in the Himalayan region across India and Asia. The slip along the fault accommodates radial expansion of the Himalayan arc, [ 2 ] northward indentation of the Pamir Mountains , [ 3 ] and eastward lateral extrusion of the Tibetan plateau .
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 dips about 10 degrees towards the north, beneath the region. It is the largest active continental megathrust [1] fault in the world. [2]
The Alpide belt or Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt, [1] or more recently and rarely the Tethyan orogenic belt, is a seismic and orogenic belt that includes an array of mountain ranges extending for more than 15,000 kilometres (9,300 mi) along the southern margin of Eurasia, stretching from Java and Sumatra, through the Indochinese Peninsula, the Himalayas and Transhimalayas, the mountains of ...
The Indian plate (or India plate) is a minor tectonic plate straddling the equator in the Eastern Hemisphere.Originally a part of the ancient continent of Gondwana, the Indian plate broke away from the other fragments of Gondwana and began moving north, carrying Insular India with it. [2]