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This special publication presents a synoptic and critical review of the existing geoscientific knowledge of the Bhutan Himalaya.The section of tectonostratigraphy brings out the regional description of all the fomrations exposed in Bhutan. An interesting feature of this contribution is the detailed description of quaternary deposits of Bhutan. Though no detailed work was carried out during last few years in the Siwalik, Damuda, Setikhola and Diuri segments, the ...
Himachal Pradesh forms an important segment of the Himalaya where pioneering geological investigations were carried out in the late 1800 and early 1900 by H.B. Medlicott, H.H. Hayden, G.E. Pilgrim, W.D. West and J.B. Auden. These investigations though confined to limited sectors laid the foundation for subsequent studies in Himalayan geology. The Second World War shifted emphasis from mapping to mineral investigations. After India became independent, there was no ...