The '''Main Central Thrust''' is one of the north-dipping and NW—SE strike [[thrust fault]]s along the [[Himalaya]]<ref>Upreti, B. N. "An overview of the stratigraphy and tectonics of the Nepal Himalaya." Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 17.5 (1999): 577-606.</ref>. Generally speaking, the Main Central Thrust is the ductile [[shear zone]], along which the Great Himalayan Crystalline complex was placed over the Lesser Himalayan Sequence.<ref name=":2">Helm, A., and A. Gansser. "Central Himalaya, Geological observations of the Swiss expedition 1936." Mdmoires de la Socidtd Helvdtique des Sciences Naturelles 73.1,245 (1939).</ref><br /> | The '''Main Central Thrust''' is one of the north-dipping and NW—SE strike [[thrust fault]]s along the [[Himalaya]]<ref>Upreti, B. N. "An overview of the stratigraphy and tectonics of the Nepal Himalaya." Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 17.5 (1999): 577-606.</ref>. Generally speaking, the Main Central Thrust is the ductile [[shear zone]], along which the Great Himalayan Crystalline complex was placed over the Lesser Himalayan Sequence.<ref name=":2">Helm, A., and A. Gansser. "Central Himalaya, Geological observations of the Swiss expedition 1936." Mdmoires de la Socidtd Helvdtique des Sciences Naturelles 73.1,245 (1939).</ref><br /> |