References

Ahmad, T. and Bhat, M.I., 1987. Geochemistry and petrogenesis of the Mandi- Darla volcanics,
northwestern Himalayas. Precambrian Res., 37, 231-256.
Bhat, M.I., 1987. Spasmodic rift-reactivation and its role in the pre-orogenic evolution of
Himalayas. Tectonophysics, 134, 130-127.
Bhat, M.I. and LeFort, P., 1992. Sm-Nd age and petrogenesis of Rampur metavolcanic rocks,
NW Himalayas: Late Archean relics in the Himalayan belt. Precamb. Res., 56, 191-210.
Bucher, K. and Frey, M., 1994. Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks. Springer-Verlag, 318 p.
Kerr, P.F., 1977. Optical Mineralogy. McGraw-Hill, 492p.
Mehta, P.K., 1977. Geochronology of the Kulu-Mandi belt: its implications for the Himalayan
tectogenesis. Geol. Rundsch., 6, 156-188.
Miller, C., Klotzli, U., Frank, W., Thoni, M. and Grasemann, B., 2000. Proterozoic crustal
evolution in the NW Himalaya (India) as recorded by circa 1.80 Ga mafic and 1.84 Ga granitic
magmatism. Precamb. Res., 103, 191-206.
Miller, C., Thoni, M., Frank, W., Grasemann, B., Klotzli, U., Guntli, P. and Draganits, E., 2001.
The early Palaeozoic magmatic event in the northwest Himalaya, India: source, tectonic setting
and age of emplacement. Geol. Mag., 138, 237-251.
Mishra, P.S., 1980. M.Phil. thesis on, A study of the basic and metabasic of Mandi-Dharamsala
region.
Virdi, N.S., 1981.Chail metamorphic of the Himachal Lesser Himalaya, Metamorphic tectonites
of the Himalaya: Saklani, P.S., P.89-100.
Yin, A., 2006. Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Himalayan orogen as constrained by alongstrike variation of structural geometry, exhumation history, and foreland sedimentation. EarthSci. Reviews 76, 1 131

51

Appendix: Geological Map

52