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Shale from
Mount Everest, Khumbupasanglahmu, Solukhumbu District, P1 Koshi Pradesh, Nepal


Locality type:Mountain
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Type:Shale
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Validity:Believed Valid
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Mineral Data:Click here to view Shale data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Everest, Khumbupasanglahmu, Solukhumbu District, P1 Koshi Pradesh, Nepal
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1377183
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1377183:4
GUID (UUID V4):773682ed-d777-43ef-af75-36f7c608c9e7
References
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Book
Geology Reviews Megh Raj Dhital Geology of the Nepal Himalaya Regional Perspective of the Classic Collided...from Tatopani Megh Raj Dhital Geology of the Nepal Himalaya Regional Perspective of the Classic Collided...Geology Tribhuvan University Kirtipur, Kathmandu Nepal ISBN 978-3-319-02495-0 ISBN 978-3-319-02496-7 DOI...geological setup as Nepal. Forming a bridge between the Western and Eastern Himalaya, Nepal occupies a pivotal...in south to the highest peak of Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) in the north and covering a vast time span from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geochronology of Granites and Gneisses from the Mount Everest Region, Nepal Himalaya By G. FERI~AtlA,Pisa, B. LOMBARDO...(Graniten, Ortho- und Paragneisen) aus dem Mt. Everest Gebiet wurden Rb-Sr Altersbestimmungen durchgef/ihrt...the High Himalaya basement nappe(s) of the Mount Everest region have been dated by the Rb/Sr method....Himalayan metamorphism which the data from the Mt. Everest region place in pre-Eocene times. R~sum~ On a...ortho- et paragneiss provenant de la r~gion du Mont Everest et appartenant h la nappe cristalline du Haut Himalaya
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sublime snow-capped peaks of the Himalaya from Mount Everest to Nanga Parbat, all are built of this axial...earlier Everest Expedition, was able to correct the assertion of the 1st edition that " the Everest group...in their presumption t h a t ' ' to the west of Nepal we are on surer ground . . . the high peaks such...group and other ranges extending eastward into Nepal, the writer found in 1936 that altered sedimentary...(1934), and the writer (1925) has shown that in the Everest group and all along the Sikkim- and Bhutan-Tibetan
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
submitted). sandstone, siltstone, limestone, and shale (Cao et al., 2018). During The STDS is the largest...mylonitic rocks at the bottom of the STDS in the Everest area of China is 33 Ma (GĂ©belin et al., 2017)....ages of illite in Dhaulagiri and Hidden Valley in Nepal are 30–25 Ma (Crouzet et al., 2007). The Ar–Ar ages...McWilliams, 2006). However, the U–Pb Kala Patar of the Everest area from the GHC yields a peak metamor- isotope...(Pullen, Kapp, ages of monazite in the Dudh Kosi Everest GHC are 46–34 Ma DeCelles, Gehrels, & Ding, 2011)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
geological map of the northern Indian Himalaya west of Nepal (modiïŹed after Valdiya, 1980; Yin, 2006; CĂ©lĂ©rier...are enriched in radiogenic 187 Os, particularly a shale unit in the Tal Group (Singh et al., 1999; Pierson-Wickmann..., 2011; McQuarrie et al., 2013) and Arunachal Pradesh (Tewari, 2001), whereas rocks of the upper Lesser...absent (due to later erosion) throughout the LH of Nepal (Robinson et al., 2001; DeCelles et al., 2004; Gehrels...Data sources in Supplementary Data 1. West of Nepal, the Tons Thrust divides the Indian LH into “inner”
Report (edition)
Arunachal Pradesh) and Western Himalaya (Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh) respectively...Arunachal Pradesh whereas the Western Himalaya passes through Jammu Kashmir-Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand...from Jammu and Kashmir in the west to Arunachal Pradesh in the east, was felt. Geological Survey of India...contribution in Precambrian Geology of Himachal Pradesh Province in Chapter-17 and also thank other young...geologically related and coherent parts, are separated by Nepal Himalaya which does not come under the purview of
Report (chapter)
restoration and evolution of the Greater Himalaya in Nepal-South Tibet: implications for channel flow and ductile...examined, with particular reference to the Everest transect across Nepal-south Tibet. The catalyst for the early...University of St Andrews on February 23, 2015 EVEREST STRUCTURE, RESTORATION AND EVOLUTION ultra-high...This paper synthesizes data from the Everest transect, Tibet-Nepal in the context of the channel flow model...(2004). We attempt a restoration of the entire Nepal-south Tibet GHS and use this restored section as
Journal (issue)
CARNIVORE’S DILEMMA MOUNT EVEREST: SURVIVORS OF ITS DEADLIEST DAY NOVEMBER 2014 REAL ZOMBIES The Strange...is the deadliest stretch between the base of Mount Everest and its summit. One thousand feet above them...Aaron Huey has traveled to Sherpa villages around Everest—retells the story of the tragedy. They also assess...and perhaps, a permanent shift in practices on Everest. “You had a workforce that was romanticized and...avalanche. With the help of another experienced Everest reporter, Mark Jenkins, a steady stream of stories
Journal (issue)
CARNIVORE’S DILEMMA MOUNT EVEREST: SURVIVORS OF ITS DEADLIEST DAY NOVEMBER 2014 REAL ZOMBIES The Strange...is the deadliest stretch between the base of Mount Everest and its summit. One thousand feet above them...Aaron Huey has traveled to Sherpa villages around Everest—retells the story of the tragedy. They also assess...and perhaps, a permanent shift in practices on Everest. “You had a workforce that was romanticized and...avalanche. With the help of another experienced Everest reporter, Mark Jenkins, a steady stream of stories
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
about 90 km SE of Tingri, which is 70 km NW of Mount Everest (Qomolangma). Yadong is about a further 70 km...limestone beds, gray and reddish siltstone and shale intercalated with sandy limestone (Wan et al., 2014)...m) at the top of the section is gray and reddish shale intercalated with thin-bedded sandy limestone. 3... and is also characterized by gray and reddish shale, sandstone and siltstone. As there is a distinct...deposition ended on the Zanskar shelf by the end of shale deposit in the Kong Formation, which overlies the
Report (chapter)
have been studied along a transect in the eastern Nepal Himalaya and southern Tibet. The lowest Lesser Himalayan...Main Central Thrust (MCT) as defined in central Nepal. The HHC are a gneiss sequence of 6-7 km visible...geological knowledge of the eastern Himalaya along the Everest-Makalu transect and describes its tectonomagmatic..."muscovite granitic gneiss". TIBETAN SEDIMENTARY SERIES Shale, sandstone, limestone, conglomerate. (Permian-Carboniferous)... Geological Map of Eastern Nepal, 1:250,000, Dept. Mines & Geol. of Nepal). upper Dzakar Chu area. A
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
history of the South Tibetan Detachment System, Mt. Everest region, revealed by RSCM thermometry and phase...along strike from Zanskar in NW India to Arunachal Pradesh in NE India (Fig. 1) (Burg et al., 1984; BurchïŹel...referred to in the text: Z, Zanskar; AP, Arunachal Pradesh. ïŹnite-element models which suggested that extrusion...Valley in NW India (Chambers et al., 2009) and the Everest region where Hodges et al. (1992) obtained a single...of the rocks immediately beneath the STDS, the Everest Series, by Jessup et al. (2008) revealed a complex
Book
subdivision of the Himalayan belt is valid for India and Nepal sectors. The Pakistan sector has difficulties in...Capital Publishing Company, New Delhi.) central Nepal (Fig. 1.2). The HHC sequence overlying MCT2 is named...grade metamorphism in the HHC zone of the Himachal Pradesh covering areas like Kullu, Manali, Rohtang, and...continuous from Pakistan in the west to Arunachal Pradesh with a gap in Bhutan. Active sedimentation in the...Formation, in Himachal Pradesh, Damtha or Jaunsar in Kumaon, Kuncha or Lower Nawakot in Nepal, etc. (Valdiya
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
geochemistry of Cretaceous–Early Miocene strata of Nepal: implications for timing and diachroneity of initial...of the southern Lesser Himalayan zone of central Nepal. The Cretaceous– Paleocene(?) Amile Formation is...zircon ages. The fact that middle Eocene strata in Nepal were derived from the Himalayan thrust belt reduces...Eocene section of the Tethyan Himalaya north of Mount Everest (Zhepure Mountain area, Fig. 1) consists of...and the foreland basin record farther south in Nepal contains no obvious petrographic evidence of erosional
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and the peak known to the Survey as XV., or Mount Everest, and to Tibetans as Chomokankar. All along the...Indian Survey, had received permission from the Nepal Durbar to visit Katmandu for the purpose of ascertaining...29,002-feet peak, known to the Survey as " Mount Everest," was visible from the heights near the capital...of Captain Wood's mission. Lord Curzonwrites, "Everest from Kaulia is an insignificant point, just visible...hills to the west are composed of red or red-brown shale, which appearsto have minerals in it and to be of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
HIMALAYA, INDIA of the HHLG exposed in Arunachal Pradesh, eastern Himalaya, with special emphasis on the...the Gondwana Group is made up of sandstone, black shale and slate. Based on lithology, the LHC is subdivided...in Garhwal Himalaya and Manaslu and Langtang in Nepal (Scaillet et al., 1990; Inger and Harris, 1993)...two types of leucogranite have been recorded from Nepal Himalaya and suggested these leucogranites are originated...equivalent of the Formation-I metasediments of Nepal is represented by the kyanite-bearing metapelites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Limestone of the Salt Range. These are followed by a shale interval of early Spathian age that has no direct...al., 1998; Shen et al., 2006) and adjacent North Nepal (Bassoullet and Colchen, 1976; Garzanti et al.,...total thickness of the Dienerian–early Smithian shale interval (Unit II; see Section 4.3.2. hereafter)...noticeable appearance of Neospathodus species. Numerous P1 elements of the Ns. dieneri group, including Ns....dolomitic limestones intercalated with few, thin shale layers (Fig. 5a). The basal bed has an irregular
Book
DESCENDS ON BIRCH-COV'EHEI) MOUNTAIN IN KHUMBU. NEPAL I ROCK PIU.ARS ^^ 57 IN ONE OF THE LAKES...Davis The Author: Nigel Nicolson first visited Nepal for two weeks in 1965, and has subsequently spent...mountaineer who led the successful assault on Mount Everest in 1953. Other expeditions have taken him to...Among the books he has written are: The Ascent of Everest and The Red Snows. The Cover: Beyond a shadow-darkened...lies beyond the reach of the monsoons, and the Everest chain, the Himalayas, indicated by the green
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Observations on the Rocks and Glaciers of Mount Everest Author(s): N. E. Odell Source: The Geographical...OBSERVATIONS OF N. October 4 E. THE ON MOUNT Odell, ROCKS EVEREST A.R.S.M., AND 1925 GLACIERS F.G...activities in the area lying to the north of Mount Everest, and his work was, as he himself has said, "...in particular, that in the neighbourhood of Mount Everest itself, and that of the Rongshar and Gaurisankar...east and west of these southward lines. The Mount Everest Region. In trekking southward from the town
Book (edition)
part of Kdl.iry Bombay Soar include* Himachal Pradesh India and Southern Mahrutta States Simla Hill...and Bengal on the e;i9t, through Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, to the Punjab and Sind on the west. The third...Keenjbar and in the Kondapnllc hills in the Krahna district, there are intrusive masses of ultra basic rock...74‘35‘) in Gujarat to Sasarani (24‘57* 84*02’) Pradesh. in Bihar, through Indore. Bhopal, Baghclkhand...applie>i ungtnrilly to the hills in thr N’inar district ol Madhya Jtakdt which separated tlir Narmada
Report (chapter)
Group, exposing grey phyllites, quartzite, greenish shale and carbonaceous slate, and Early–Middle Proterozoic...clasts are rounded to subrounded, consisting of red shale, granite gneiss and quartzite lithology in sandy...fans and terraces in the Khumbu Himal south of Mount Everest: their characteristics, age and formation. Journal...upper and middle reaches of Satluj River, Himachal Pradesh. Annual General Report for 2014–15. Geological...onsets of the 1999 and 2000 monsoons in central Nepal. Monthly Weather Review, 130, 1299–1316. LAVÉ, J
Report (volume)
mineral resources of Nepal by the Director General, Department of Mines and Geology, Nepal is gratefully acknowledged...68 Uranium mineralisation in Khasa area, Simla district, H . P. 68 Uranium mineralisation around Bh...Tehri district, Uttaranchal 71 Ttn-Tungsten mineralisation in Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh 75...Chamoli district, Uttaranchal 75 Sediment hosted base metal mineralisation in Kulu district, Himachal...Himachal Pradesh 76 Sediment hosted vein type copper mineralisation along Shallu and. Tons valley, Himachal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
total Unmetamorphosed sandstone, shale and carbonate (4,5) dark-gray shale Gray, ïŹne-grained sandstone Limestones...Dark-gray, tan weathering shale, ïŹne-grained sandstone, dark-gray carbonaceous shale and brown sandstone Greater...thinto medium-bedded, carbonaceous siltstone and shale (7) The Manas Formation is mapped as a depositional...2. Epsilon Neodymium isotope geochemistry Five shale and phyllite samples were analyzed for Sm and Nd...Mesoproterozoic(?) SyangjaMalekhu succession in central Nepal, speciïŹcally with the presence of variegated green
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Building 3, Courtyard 16, Lin Cui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China. Current address: Department...of shales varies from khaki, brown and grey. The shale appeared thinly laminated and splintery. The color...Limestone mainly comprises nodular limestone with minor shale intercalations. limestone is Muzaffarabad medium...of shales varies from khaki, brown and grey. The shale appeared thinly laminated and splintery. The color...Limestone mainly comprises nodular limestone with minor shale intercalations. The limestone is medium to thick-bedded
Book (edition)
the Shillong series; the Dharwar rocks of Madhya Pradesh; the manganiferous deposits of the Dharwar system—the...series; the Rajmahal flora; Satpura and Madhya Pradesh ; Jabalpur stage; Godavari area; Kota stage; Gondwanas...Spiti shales; the fauna of the Spitishales. Mt. Everest region. The Tal series of the Outer Himalayas....Gneiss (Younger Archaean), Nakta Nala, Chhindwara District ~ Sumas? _ 88 Marble Rocks” (Dolomite Marble)...104 . Upper Rewah Sandstone, Rahutgarh, Sangor District pees VILL. Overfolding of the Palaeozoic Rocks
 
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