By lithologic criteria, the Main Central Thrust is defined as the boundary between quartzite and phyllite, from the Lesser Himalayan Sequence; and the orthogneiss biotite-rich schist, which belongs to the Greater Himalayan Crystalline complex.
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The general stratigraphy of the belt is, from base upwards, a thick sequence of felsic orthogneiss composed of fragmental to glomerocrystic feldspar gneiss, known as the footwall felsic sequence; the ultramafic units of komatiite affinity,'overlain'by grunerite-magnetite-quartz-amphibole banded iron formation of the Honman Formation, tholeiitic basalt and metasedimentary rocks.
