Basin

Himalayan Crystalline

1 province · 4 formations

This reference records 4 units across 1 province of the Himalayan Crystalline, spanning 1 geological era and most commonly metamorphic rocks.

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At a glance

4
units: 1
province: 1
era: 0
georeferenced: 0
with fossils: 4
type localities: 2,000 m
max thickness: 5
sources

Rock types

metamorphic rocks (4)

Based on the primary lithology recorded for each unit; some units span more than one rock type.

Provinces

Nanga Parbat Massif

Active syntaxial uplift zone

Stratigraphic column

The Himalayan Crystalline units placed in age order (units without a resolvable age are omitted). Toggle readable vs true-scale, and use Download to export any section as SVG or PNG for a figure.

Himalayan Crystalline — stratigraphic column

MetamorphicContact not recorded

Band colour = period; texture = dominant rock type. Lines between bands mark the contact type; dotted = no contact recorded in the sources (not a claim of conformity). True scale makes height ∝ recorded thickness; hatched = thickness not recorded. Ages approximate, for ordering.