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Fig. 4

From: Two times lowering of lake water at around 48 and 38 ka, caused by possible earthquakes, recorded in the Paleo-Kathmandu lake, central Nepal Himalaya

Fig. 4

Photograph of the Sunakothi Formation showing its topographic features and representative sedimentary facies. a Aerial photograph of terrace-forming Sunakothi Formation and Kalimati Formation exposed on the eroded valley floor, east of Sunakothi. b Vertically jointed, lacustrine clayey mudstone of the Kalimati Formation, at Khokana. c An exposure showing the boundary between Kalimati Formation comprising massive clay and Sunakothi Formation of fine banding of carbonaceous mud and silty clay, at Jorkhu. Note the erosion surface of the Kalimati clay and lag deposits on it. d Alternated beds of sand and mud of the lower part of the Sunakothi Formation at Sunakothi. e Large cross-stratified sandstone of the middle part of the Sunakothi Formation, at Sunakothi. f Prodeltaic rhythmite of rippled and laminated sandstone and black carbonaceous mudstone at the uppermost section of the Sunakothi Formation at Ekantakuna

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