GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN ARUN TECTONIC WINDOW

GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN ARUN TECTONIC WINDOW1　BordetP .Recherchesg啨ｏｌｏｇｉｑｕｅｓｄａｎｓｌ’ＨｉｍａｌａｙａｄｕＮ啨ｐａｌ,r啨ｇｉｏｎｄｕＭａｋａｌｕ[R].EditionsduCNRS ,Paris ,196 12 75 . 2　BordetP .G啨ｏｌｏｇｉｅｄｅｌａｄａｌｌｅｄｕＴｉｂｅｔ (Himalayacentral) [J].M啨ｍｏｉｒｅｓｈｏｒｓｓ啨ｒｉｅｄｅｌａＳｏｃｉｅｔ啨ｇ啨ｏｌｏｇｉｑｕｅｄｅＦｒａｎｃｅ,1977,8:2 35～ 2 5 0 . 3　BurcfielBC ,ChenZ ,HodgesKV ,etal.TheSouthTibetanDetachmentSystem ,Hima…     

POLYPHASE METAMORPHISM AND INVERTED THERMAL GRADIENT IN THE LESSER HIMALAYA OF CENTRAL NEPAL: CONSTRAINTS FROM WHITE MICA COMPOSITIONS

POLYPHASE METAMORPHISM AND INVERTED THERMAL GRADIENT IN THE LESSER HIMALAYA OF CENTRAL NEPAL: CONSTRAINTS FROM WHITE MICA COMPOSITIONS     

SLOPE INSTABILITY HAZARDS IN GRANITES OF THE LESSER HIMALAYAN EXAMPLE OF THE PALUNG GRANITE OF CENTRAL NEPAL

Granites are hard and sound rock at relatively fresh or unweathered condition. Steep rocky slopes are the characteristic features in the area occupied by granites of the Lesser Himalaya including Kathmandu nappe. Almost vertical to sometimes overhanging slopes in granites look stable in dry season, but the steeper slopes in the areas occupied by granitic rocks are metastable to unstable. The instabilities are related to: variation in texture and mineral composition of granite, nature and intensity of weathering (mechanical and chemical), altitude of the area, orientation of natural slope with reference to the predominant joint sets, quality of rock mass, stress release and activity of subsurface water during monsoon. The study is supposed to be an example for the study of the slope instabilities in the other part of the Himalaya occupied by granitic bodies.     

RECORD OF BLOCK ROTATION AND MAGNETIC FIELD REVERSALS IN THE TETHYAN HIMALAYA (HIDDEN VALLEY, CENTRAL NEPAL)

RECORD OF BLOCK ROTATION AND MAGNETIC FIELD REVERSALS IN THE TETHYAN HIMALAYA (HIDDEN VALLEY, CENTRAL NEPAL)     

MAIN CENTRAL THRUST ZONE IN THE KATHMANDU AREA, CENTRAL NEPAL, AND ITS TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE

MAIN CENTRAL THRUST ZONE IN THE KATHMANDU AREA, CENTRAL NEPAL, AND ITS TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE1　AritaK ,LallmeyerRD ,TakasuA .TectonothermalevolutionoftheLesserHimalaya ,Nepal:constraintsfrom 4 0 Ar/3 9AragesfromtheKathmandunappe[J].TheIslandArc ,1997,6 :372～ 384. 2　RaiSM ,GuillotS ,LeFortP ,etal.Pressure temperatureevolutionintheKathmanduandGosainkundregions ,CentralNepal[J].JourAsianEarthSci ,1998,16 :2 83～ 2 98. 3　SchellingD ,KArita .…     

中央山系大别-东秦岭和东昆仑造山带最古老岩系变质过程对比

大别造山带、东秦岭造山带和东昆仑造山带是中国中央山系的主要构成部分,每个造山带古老岩系的变质作用过程各具特色．大别山最古老岩系大别岩群于印支期陆内俯冲碰撞,发生了区域性的中偏高压区域变质作用,顺时针型ｐｔ轨迹上ｔｍａｘ和ｐｍａｘ近于同时达到,退变质轨迹段斜率陡,埋深后受构造驱动快速抬升到上中地壳．东秦岭最古老岩系秦岭岩群在晋宁期（约１．０Ｇａ前）初始板块构造总背景下发生强烈的中压型碰撞变质作用,顺时针型ｐｔ轨迹上ｔｍａｘ在压力大幅度降低的过程中达到,反映弧陆碰撞增厚后深埋岩系受重力均衡抬升;至加里东期,秦岭岩群再次在板块构造的总背景下发生岛弧型变质,局部叠加中压型接触变质作用;晚海西以来北秦岭东段缺乏高于低角闪岩相条件的区域变质作用记录．东昆仑造山带最古老岩系于吕梁或早吕梁期发生中压碰撞区域变质,主体为角闪岩相,局部高角闪岩相－麻粒岩相条件,造山带剥露较浅使低压变质带得以良好保存．