Himalayan Frontal Thrust

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active fault system geologic structure thrust fault

The Himalayan Frontal Thrust is the youngest and most active major fault system along the southern front of the Himalayas, accommodating much of the ongoing convergence between the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf active fault system ⓘ
geologic structure ⓘ
thrust fault ⓘ
accommodatesConvergenceBetween Eurasian Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indian Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
age Quaternary ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Himalayan Frontal Fault NERFINISHED ⓘ
Main Frontal Thrust NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith foreland basin sedimentation ⓘ
growth of Siwalik Hills ⓘ
characteristic most active major fault along southern Himalayan front ⓘ
youngest major Himalayan thrust system ⓘ
countryCrossed Bhutan NERFINISHED ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
deformationStyle fault-bend folding ⓘ
fault-propagation folding ⓘ
displacementType cumulative vertical uplift of Himalayan front ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween Indo-Gangetic foreland basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sub-Himalaya (Siwalik Range) NERFINISHED ⓘ
formsPartOf Himalayan megathrust system NERFINISHED ⓘ
geomorphicExpression fault scarps ⓘ
folded alluvial fans ⓘ
river terrace offsets ⓘ
kinematics northward underthrusting of Indian Plate beneath Himalaya ⓘ
liesSouthOf Main Boundary Thrust NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Bhutan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Himalayas ⓘ
Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
northern India ⓘ
southern margin of the Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
orientation east–west trending ⓘ
parallelTo Main Boundary Thrust NERFINISHED ⓘ
Main Central Thrust NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Himalayan orogen NERFINISHED ⓘ
relativeMotionType reverse faulting ⓘ
thrusting ⓘ
researchField seismology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
roleInOrogeny accommodates a large fraction of present-day Himalayan shortening ⓘ
seismicHazard capable of surface-rupturing events ⓘ
source of large earthquakes ⓘ
tectonicProcess continental collision ⓘ
crustal shortening ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary ⓘ

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Main Boundary Thrust zone → olderThan → Himalayan Frontal Thrust ⓘ
Main Boundary Thrust zone → relatedStructure → Himalayan Frontal Thrust ⓘ