Tectonics and Evolution of the Trans-Himalayan Mountains and Nagaland Ophiolite Belt

Abstract

Scientific investigations in the Trans-Himalayan and Nagaland ophiolite belt during the period 2011-2015 incorporated various geological and geophysical aspects of evolution of these mountains, including large-scale tectonics of the Indian Plate, its sub-surface configuration, structure and metamorphism. Certain remote areas of Karakoram along the upper Shyok valley and Nagaland were covered for their metamorphism and high pressure metamorphism of ophiolite belts, respectively.