Fig. 2

a Regional structural map of the northwest Himalaya. Inset at lower right shows map location in the India’s map. The faults are compiled form Powers et al. 1998; Alam et al. 2015; Malik and Mohanty 2007; Malik and Nakata 2003; Kaneda et al. 2008. CKF Central Kashmir Fault, BF Balapur Fault, BBF Balakot Bhag Fault, KT Kotli Thrust, RF Riasi Fault, PaT Palampur Fault, JMT Jawalamukhi Thrust, BT Bilaspur fault, BaT Barsar Thrust, PGF Pinjore Garden Fault, MCT Main Central Thrust, MBT Main Boundary Thrust, HFT Himalayan Frontal Thrust, HF1 and HF2 Hajipur Fault. BMT Black Mango Thrust, CF Chandigarh Fault, MWT Medlicott Wadia Thrust, MKT Mandili-Kishanpur Thrust, KVF Kangra Valley Fault. b Geological Map showing the four geomorphological zones from Kangra reentrant to Nahan salient, Northwest Himalaya. c Regional Map of Nepal, superimposed over ASTER image. Inset at lower right shows map location in the India’s map. The faults are compiled from Yeats et al. 1992; Bollinger et al. 2014; Sapkota et al. 2013. HFF Himalayan Frontal Fault, PT Patu Thrust, BT Bardibas Thrust, Red lines are the active faults, Location marked in yellow are the trench site location by previous workers