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Through both presentation and analysis of data from the past 50 years, this book provides the most sophisticated metamorphic and igneous rock data collected across various Himalayan geographic sectors, capturing their petrography, metamorphism, structure, mineralization, and regional tectonic research

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Lithotectonic Subdivisions of the Himalaya

Chapter 2. Pakistan Himalaya

Chapter 3. Jammu-Kashmir Himalaya

Chapter 4. Himachal Himalaya

Chapter 5. Garhwal–Kumaon Himalaya

Chapter 6. Nepal Himalaya

Chapter 7. Darjeeling–Sikkim Himalaya

Chapter 8. Bhutan Himalaya

Chapter 9. Arunachal Himalaya

Chapter 10. Review of Previous Work

Chapter 11. Deformation, Metamorphism, and Tectonostratigraphy

About the Author

B.K. Chakrabarti Ph.D. is an Emeritus Scientist with the Geological Survey of India and a Sir J. Coggin Brown Gold Medalist for his work on Precambrian geology. Dr. Chakrabarti served with the Geological Survey of India for 35 years and has published more than 30 articles on the subject. He was also a Fellow at the W.B. Academy of Science & Technology in Kolkata, India. Now retired, Dr. Chakrabarti is also editing a book on the Precambrian of the Indian Peninsula to be published by the Indian Journal of Geosciences.