Open AccessGeotectonics of the Kathmandu Block
Author(s) -
C. K. Sharma
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of nepal geological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2676-1378
DOI - 10.3126/jngs.v1i2.31788
Subject(s) - anticline , geology , syncline , metamorphism , stratigraphy , lithology , block (permutation group theory) , geochemistry , paleontology , geomorphology , tectonics , geometry , mathematics
To evaluate the geotectonics of the Kathmandu Block on the basis of lithology, stratigraphy and structures, observationsns were made along the two traverses lying east and west of the block. There exist an anticlinorium to the north and a synclinorium to the south of Kathmandu Valley which itself is a faulted anticline. The grade of metamorphism increases towards granites and the Main Central Thrust.