A review of thermal history and timescales of tectonometamorphic processes in Sikkim Himalaya (NE India) and implications for rates of metamorphic processes

S Chakraborty, R Anczkiewicz, F Gaidies… - Journal of …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
The lesser and greater Himalayan sequences (LH and GH) in Sikkim have been studied in
detail recently. The LH consists mainly of pelitic lithologies with detrital zircon ages> 1800 …

Channel flow and localized fault bounded slice tectonics (LFBST): Insights from petrological, structural, geochronological and geospeedometric studies in the Sikkim …

S Chakraborty, DK Mukhopadhyay, P Chowdhury… - Lithos, 2017‏ - Elsevier
One of the enduring debates in the study of the Himalayan orogen (and continental collision
zones in general) is whether the salient observed features are explained (a) by localized …

[HTML][HTML] Examining the tectono-stratigraphic architecture, structural geometry, and kinematic evolution of the Himalayan fold-thrust belt, Kumaun, northwest India

S Mandal, DM Robinson, MJ Kohn… - …, 2019‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Existing structural models of the Himalayan fold-thrust belt in Kumaun, northwest India, are
based on a tectono-stratigraphy that assigns different stratigraphy to the Ramgarh, Berinag …

Geometry and kinematics of the Darjeeling–Sikkim Himalaya, India: Implications for the evolution of the Himalayan fold-thrust belt

K Bhattacharyya, G Mitra, S Kwon - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Darjeeling–Sikkim Himalaya lies in a zone where the convergence vector
between the Indian and Eurasian plates is almost perpendicular to the Himalayan …

Transpression in the Eastern Jiangnan Orogen and its implications for ductile deformation process and regional Tectonics of the South China block

J Hu, X Yu, W **ao, W Li - Journal of Structural Geology, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The transpressive deformation in the eastern Jiangnan Orogen during the Early Paleozoic is
the structural response to the oblique convergence of the Yangtze-Cathaysia blocks, and …

[HTML][HTML] Active deformation patterns in the northern Birjand mountains of the sistan suture zone, Iran

M Ezati, E Gholami, SM Mousavi, A Rashidi… - Applied Sciences, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
In this paper, faults, one of the most important causes of geohazards, were investigated from
a kinematic and geometric viewpoint in the northern part of the Sistan suture zone (SSZ) …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating accurate and precise strain in low-magnitude penetratively deformed rocks: Integrating forward strain modeling and natural data

C Parui, K Bhattacharyya - Journal of Structural Geology, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Estimating grain-scale strain using commonly used strain methods from a low-magnitude
penetratively deformed rock is typically fraught with uncertainties as the measured strain is …

Unraveling the role of dextral faults in the formation of pull-apart basin structures and their implications on the genesis of ophiolites and pluto-volcanics

A MohammadiNia, A Rashidi, S Shafieibafti… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2024‏ - frontiersin.org
Rhombic structures have been observed in the Qom-Zefreh-Nayin-Dehsheir-Baft region,
specifically along the direction of the dextral faults, which have caused significant changes …

Constrictional strain and linear fabrics as a result of deformation partitioning: A multiscale modeling investigation and tectonic significance

R Yang, D Jiang, LX Lu - Tectonics, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Rocks with a well‐developed lineation but weak or no foliation (L‐tectonites) commonly
occur as isolated volumes dispersed in other tectonites. We consider L‐tectonites that reflect …

Major shear zone within the Greater Himalayan Sequence and sequential evolution of the metamorphic core in Sikkim, India

S Chakraborty, M Mukul, G Mathew, K Pande - Tectonophysics, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Greater Himalayan Sequence (GHS), bounded by the South Tibetan
detachment system, and the Main Central thrust (MCT), constitutes majority of the Himalayan …