MBT

E753965

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.

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MBT canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological fault ⓘ
major Himalayan fault system ⓘ
thrust fault ⓘ
abbreviationOf Main Boundary Thrust ⓘ
ageOfActivity Cenozoic ⓘ
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 ⓘ
India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
dipDirection generally northward ⓘ
displacementType compressional ⓘ
extendsAcross Bhutan ⓘ
India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween Sub-Himalayan (Siwalik) belt and Lesser Himalayan belt ⓘ
formsPartOf Alpine–Himalayan orogenic system ⓘ
Himalayan thrust belt ⓘ
fullName Main Boundary Thrust ⓘ
geologicalHazard source of moderate to large earthquakes ⓘ
kinematics south-verging thrust ⓘ
locatedIn Himalayas ⓘ
locatedOnPlateBoundary Indian Plate–Eurasian Plate boundary ⓘ
marksBoundaryBetween Indian Plate and Eurasian Plate ⓘ
movementType thrusting ⓘ
orientation generally east–west along the Himalayan arc ⓘ
orogeny Himalayan orogeny ⓘ
parallelTo Himalayan Frontal Thrust ⓘ
Main Central Thrust ⓘ
plateInvolved Eurasian Plate ⓘ
Indian Plate ⓘ
linked to: India Plate
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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