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Extension of Deoban–Tejam belt of Kumaun in Darchula area; extremely thick dolomites, limestones, and quartzites; southerly Badolisera–Pithoragarh zone with overturned strata and northerly Chamoli–Tejam zone; investigations between Darchula and Budar: Malikarjun Thrust and Early Miocene strata, Baitadi Carbonates and Patan Formation, early Tertiary beds of Patan–Pancheshwar, and Budar–Gaira Transect.
At the base of the Crystalline Nappe, the Chail Nappes are passively dragged to the S.
—G. Fuchs and W. Frank (1970, p. 99)
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Dhital, M.R. (2015). Lesser Himalaya of Mahakali–Seti Region. In: Geology of the Nepal Himalaya. Regional Geology Reviews. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02496-7_7
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