Kinematics of the Greater Himalayan sequence, Dhaulagiri Himal ...

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Figure 1
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(A) Simplified tectonostratigraphic map of Himalaya-Karakoram system and adjacent Tibet
(Modified after Hauck et al. 1998). Principle faults include the South Tibetan detachment
system (STDS), the Main Central thrust zone (MCT), Main Boundary thrust (MBT), Main
Frontal thrust (MFT), and the Karakoram fault (KF). (B) Regional geologic map of Nepal
(modified after Robinson et al. 2001 and Pearson & DeCelles 2005). Note the mapped trace of
the Ramgarh thrust is coincident with the MCT. (C) Geological map of central Nepal (modified
from Colchen et al. (1986) and Searle & Godin 2003) portraying the location of the study area as
shown in Figure 2. The previously mapped positions of both the Ramgarh thrust and MCT are
shown by labeled dashed lines. TSS, Tethyan sedimentary sequence; GHS, Greater Himalayan
sequence; LHS, Lesser Himalayan sequence. For the location of C, see A and B.
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Figure 2
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Geologic map of the southern Dhaulagiri Himalaya, central Nepal. Geologic data is
predominantly from this study, but is augmented by data from the South Tibetan detachment
zone published in Godin et al. (2001). The rectangle outlined by the dashed lines is the location
of the detailed map of Figure 5. LHS, Lesser Himalayan sequence.
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Figure 3
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Greater Himalayan sequence rocks exposed in the Kali Gandaki and Myadgi valleys. (A)
Photomicrograph of deformed and recrystallized orthogneiss. (B) Photomicrograph of a
specimen of calc-silicate gneiss pictured in 3C. (C) View to the north of calc-silicate gneiss with
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