South Tibetan Detachment System
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The South Tibetan Detachment System is a major normal fault system in the Himalaya that accommodated crustal extension and exhumation of high-grade metamorphic rocks above the Main Central Thrust.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
detachment fault
ⓘ
extensional fault system ⓘ geological structure ⓘ normal fault system ⓘ |
| accommodates |
crustal extension
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exhumation of high-grade metamorphic rocks ⓘ |
| activeDuring | Miocene ⓘ |
| age | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| associatedProcess | channel flow of mid-crustal rocks ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Himalayan orogeny
ⓘ
exhumation of Greater Himalayan Crystalline complex ⓘ syn-orogenic extension ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
Greater Himalayan Sequence
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Tethyan Himalayan Sequence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controls | exhumation level of metamorphic core of Himalaya ⓘ |
| deformationStyle | brittle-ductile ⓘ |
| dipDirection | north-dipping ⓘ |
| extendsAcross |
Bhutan Himalaya
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ⓘ
Indian Himalaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Nepal Himalaya NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Tibet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formsBoundaryBetween | upper crustal sedimentary rocks and mid-crustal metamorphic rocks ⓘ |
| formsPartOf | Himalayan fault architecture ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
South Tibetan Detachment
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South Tibetan Detachment Fault System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kinematics |
top-to-the-north shear
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top-to-the-northeast shear ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Himalaya
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ⓘ
Tibetan Plateau margin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mechanism | gravitational collapse of overthickened crust ⓘ |
| movementSense | normal faulting ⓘ |
| orientation | east–west striking ⓘ |
| overlies | Main Central Thrust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parallelTo | Main Central Thrust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Main Central Thrust
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ⓘ
North Himalayan domes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separates | Tethyan sedimentary sequence from Greater Himalayan Crystalline complex ⓘ |
| significance | major structure in Himalayan tectonic evolution ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
metamorphic geology
ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | collisional orogen ⓘ |
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