Abstract
The Himalayan belt has been subdivided into a few longitudinal lithotectonic zones bounded by thrusts or faults. From south to north, the zones and associated thrusts or faults are the Main Frontal Thrust (MFT); the Sub-Himalayan Zone, bounded between the MFT and the Main Boundary Thrust (MBT); the Lesser Himalayan Zone between the MBT and the Main Central Thrust (MCT); the Higher Himalayan Crystallines (HHC) above the MCT; the Tethyan Zone, separated by the South Tibetan Detachment System (STDS) from the HHC; and the Indus-Tsangpo Suture Zone, where the Indian plate is subducted below the Asian plate. There are diverse views on such a lithotectonic subdivision, especially for the Pakistan sector.
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