MBT
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MBT is a major geological fault system in the Himalayas that marks the boundary where the Indian Plate has been thrust beneath the Eurasian Plate, playing a key role in the region’s mountain-building and seismic activity.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological fault
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major Himalayan fault system ⓘ thrust fault ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Main Boundary Thrust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ageOfActivity | Cenozoic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ageOfMajorMovement | Neogene to Quaternary ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
earthquake hazard in northern India and adjacent regions
ⓘ
mountain building in the Himalayas ⓘ seismic activity in the Himalayan region ⓘ |
| countryCrossed |
Bhutan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dipDirection | generally northward ⓘ |
| displacementType | compressional ⓘ |
| extendsAcross |
Bhutan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formsBoundaryBetween | Sub-Himalayan (Siwalik) belt and Lesser Himalayan belt ⓘ |
| formsPartOf |
Alpine–Himalayan orogenic system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Himalayan thrust belt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Main Boundary Thrust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalHazard | source of moderate to large earthquakes ⓘ |
| kinematics | south-verging thrust ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Himalayas ⓘ |
| locatedOnPlateBoundary | Indian Plate–Eurasian Plate boundary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marksBoundaryBetween | Indian Plate and Eurasian Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movementType | thrusting ⓘ |
| orientation | generally east–west along the Himalayan arc ⓘ |
| orogeny | Himalayan orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parallelTo |
Himalayan Frontal Thrust
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Main Central Thrust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plateInvolved |
Eurasian Plate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indian Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
development of the foreland basin in front of the Himalayas
ⓘ
uplift of the Lesser Himalaya ⓘ |
| roleInGeology |
accommodates crustal shortening between India and Eurasia
ⓘ
major structural discontinuity in the Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ |
| separates | Lesser Himalaya from Sub-Himalaya ⓘ |
| stratigraphicSignificance | places older Lesser Himalayan rocks over younger Siwalik Group rocks ⓘ |
| stressRegime | compressive tectonic regime ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
seismology
ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| tectonicProcess | continental collision ⓘ |
| tectonicRole | major suture-related thrust within the Himalayan arc ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | convergent plate boundary ⓘ |
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