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(3) The Tethyan Himalayan Sequence (THS), mainly Proterozoic to Eocene sediments. deformed in an Paleogene fold-thrust belt.<ref name=":4">Webb, A. Alexander G. "Preliminary balanced palinspastic reconstruction of Cenozoic deformation across the Himachal Himalaya (northwestern India)." Geosphere 9.3 (2013): 572-587.</ref>
(3) The Tethyan Himalayan Sequence (THS), mainly Proterozoic to Eocene sediments. deformed in an Paleogene fold-thrust belt.<ref name=":4">Webb, A. Alexander G. "Preliminary balanced palinspastic reconstruction of Cenozoic deformation across the Himachal Himalaya (northwestern India)." Geosphere 9.3 (2013): 572-587.</ref>
See figure 2 for the structural relationships between rock units and faults.
See figure 2 for the structural relationships between rock units and faults.
[[File:Schematic illustration of the fault system of Himalaya|thumbnail|Figure 2. Schematic illustration of the fault system of Himalaya. LHS: the Lesser Himalayan Sequence; GHC: the Greater Himalayan Crystalline complex; THS: the Tethyan Himalayan Sequence; MFT: the Main Frontal Thrust; MBT: the Main Boundary Thrust; MCT: the Main Central Thrust; STD: the Southern Tibetan Detachment]]
[[File:Schematic illustration of the fault system of Himalaya.png|thumbnail|Figure 2. Schematic illustration of the fault system of Himalaya. LHS: the Lesser Himalayan Sequence; GHC: the Greater Himalayan Crystalline complex; THS: the Tethyan Himalayan Sequence; MFT: the Main Frontal Thrust; MBT: the Main Boundary Thrust; MCT: the Main Central Thrust; STD: the Southern Tibetan Detachment]]
==Kinematic models==
To better understand the position and role of the Main Central Thrust, we should point out the kinematic models of Himalayan Orogen. Generally, there are three kinematic models for the emplacement of the Greater Himalayan Crystalline complex above the Main Central Thrust<ref>Webb, A. Alexander G., et al. "Cenozoic tectonic history of the Himachal Himalaya (northwestern India) and its constraints on the formation mechanism of the Himalayan orogen." Geosphere 7.4 (2011): 1013-1061.</ref> shown in figure 3.
[[File:Kinematic models.png|thumbnail|Figure 3. Kinematics models of Himalayan orogen (modified from Webb et al, 2011) showing three models of how the Greater Himalayan Crystalline complex was placed over the Lesser Himalayan Sequence. LHS: the Lesser Himalayan Sequence; GHC: the Greater Himalayan Crystalline complex; THS: the Tethyan Himalayan Sequence; MCT: the Main Central Thrust; STD: the Southern Tibetan Detachment; ITS: Indus-Tsangpo suture zone.]]
==References==
==References==
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