STRATIGRAPHY OF THE TETHYS HIMALAYA IN ZANSKAR, LADAKH INITIAL REPORT

Abstract

The preliminary results of the 1984 Italian Geological Expedition to Zanskar are given as a general account of the stratigraphy of the Tethys Himalaya succession. The sedimentary sequence has been subdivided in three parts, from Late Precambrian to Eocene.

Keywords

• Stratigraphy; Sedimentology; Paleozoic; Mesozoic; Paleogene; Himalaya; India; Ladakh.