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Lesser Himalaya of Bagmati–Gosainkund Region

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The Lesser Himalayan rocks of the Bagmati–Gosainkund region compose a relatively wide portion of the Great Midland Antiform in the inner zone between Nuwakot and Dhunche, and they also form an open fold representing the Great Mahabharat Synform in the intermediate zone around Mugling and Narayanghat.

Two different main nappe groups were found in Central Nepal. The lower one was called by the author as Nawakot nappe system, the overlying one the Kathmandu Nappe system.

—Toni Hagen (1951)

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Dhital, M.R. (2015). Lesser Himalaya of Bagmati–Gosainkund Region. In: Geology of the Nepal Himalaya. Regional Geology Reviews. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02496-7_10

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