Tethyan Himalaya

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Tethyan Himalaya is the northernmost tectonostratigraphic zone of the Himalayas, composed mainly of marine sedimentary rocks that record the evolution and closure of the ancient Tethys Ocean.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tethyan Himalaya canonical 1
Tethyan Himalayan Sequence 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological region ⓘ
tectonostratigraphic zone ⓘ
affectedBy India–Asia collision ⓘ
linked to: Himalayan orogeny
boundedToNorthBy Indus–Tsangpo Suture Zone ⓘ
boundedToSouthBy Greater Himalaya ⓘ
linked to: Greater Himalayas
composedMostlyOf marine sedimentary rocks ⓘ
contains fossiliferous strata ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment deep marine basin ⓘ
marine shelf ⓘ
extendsAcross Bhutan ⓘ
India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Tibet ⓘ
formedAlong northern margin of the Indian Plate ⓘ
fossilContentIncludes marine invertebrates ⓘ
microfossils ⓘ
geologicalAgeRange Mesozoic ⓘ
linked to: Mesozoic Era

Paleozoic ⓘ
early Cenozoic ⓘ
hasEconomicImportance hosts sedimentary basins with hydrocarbon potential in some sectors ⓘ
lithologyIncludes conglomerate ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
shale ⓘ
volcaniclastic rocks ⓘ
locatedIn Asia ⓘ
northern Himalayas ⓘ
namedAfter Tethys Ocean ⓘ
overlies Indian continental crust ⓘ
paleogeographicSetting passive continental margin of northern India ⓘ
partOf Himalayas ⓘ
records closure of the Tethys Ocean ⓘ
evolution of the Tethys Ocean ⓘ
relatedTo Tethys Ocean ⓘ
researchField paleontology ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
significance key archive of Tethys Ocean stratigraphy ⓘ
records pre-collisional history of the Indian Plate ⓘ
structuralStyle fold-and-thrust belt features ⓘ
tectonicSetting northernmost tectonostratigraphic zone of the Himalayas ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Himalayan orogeny → relatedTo → Tethyan Himalaya ⓘ
South Tibetan Detachment System → boundedBy → Tethyan Himalayan Sequence ⓘ
linked to: Tethyan Himalaya