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Field Structural Geological Studies Around Kurseong, Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya, India

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The metamorphic rocks in and around Kurseong of Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya is defined by the high-grade gneissic rock of the Darjeeling Formation and the phyllitic Daling Group rocks below it. The key structural finding has been top-to-S/SW fore-shear and orogen-parallel top-to-E and top-to-W shear. These shears develop in garnetiferous quartz mica gneiss of the Darjeeling Group.

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Acknowledgements

This work was a part of SB’s M.Sc. thesis. SM acknowledges the research sabbatical for the year 2017 and the CPDA support from IIT Bombay. Annett Buettener, Helen Ranchner and the Springer proof-reading team are thanked for assistance. Mukherjee (2019) summarizes this work.

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Banerjee, S., Bose, N., Mukherjee, S. (2019). Field Structural Geological Studies Around Kurseong, Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya, India. In: Mukherjee, S. (eds) Tectonics and Structural Geology: Indian Context. Springer Geology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99341-6_16

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