UPPER TRIASSIC LOWER JURASSIC STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOGEOGRAPHIC EVOLUTION OF THE ZANSKAR TETHYS HIMALAYA (ZANGLA UNIT)

Abstract

The Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic sedimentary succession of the Zanskar Tethys Himalaya (Ladakh, India) can be subdivided into three stratigraphic units: the Zozar Formation (Late Garnian), the Quartzite Series (Norian) and the Kioto Group (Rhaetian to Early Dogger).

Keywords

• Triassic
• Jurassic
• Stratigraphy
• Paleogeography
• Microfacies
• Sandstone petrography
• Himalaya
• India.