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Lesser Himalayan rocks within largest tectonic window of Okhaldhunga, along the foothills of Mahabharat Range, and in Sub-Himalayan belt as thin slices; Kharidhunga and Namdu–Gairimudi areas; metasediments and mylonitic gneisses of Phaplu; Harkapur–Mane Bhanjyang area; Imbricate slices of Katari–Bagpati area; Kampu Ghat area.
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Dhital, M.R. (2015). Lesser Himalaya of Koshi Region. In: Geology of the Nepal Himalaya. Regional Geology Reviews. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02496-7_11
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