TABLE 1

CLASSIFICATION OF CRYSTLLINE ROCKS OF SOUTHERN PART OF HIGHER HIMACHAL HIMALAYA.

Sharma (1976) Tewari et al. (1978) Kakar (1985)

(In physical order of (Stratigraphic order)

superposition)

Lower Himantha Metasediments

Formation

Rakcham Granite Himantha Lower Low grade Schists and slate

Group Part Gneisses grading into

Kyanite, granetschists

SUMDOH FAULT Maldi Gneiss ____________ SUMDOH FAULT ______________

Vaikrita Group Porphyroblastic Gneiss Coarse Psammitic Gneiss 800m

Granitic Gneiss 500m

Banded Gneiss with kyanite 7500m

(Inner Crystalline unit) Mehbar Gneiss Karcham Psammitic Gneiss 3500m

Group Graphitic Schists 500m

Rampur uartzite 50m

VAIKRITA THRUST

Jutogh Formation

Chail Formation

Shatul Gneiss

Jutogh Formation Rampure Formation _____________ KARCHAM THRUST _____________

(outer Crystalline Unit) Wangtu Gneiss Wangtu Upper Interlayered Porphyroblastic

Gneissic Part Gneiss and Banded Gneiss

Complex 7800m