Palaeoproterozoic of India
By: edited by R. Mazumder and D. Saha
Series: Geological Society special publication -- no.365
Publisher: Geological Society
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9781862393455
Subjects: Paleontology
Description: The Indian shield represents a vast repository of the Palaeoproterozoic geological record. Built over the four large amalgamated Archaean nuclei (Dharwar, Bastar, Singhbhum and Aravalli-Bundelkhand) the major and minor Palaeoproterozoic sedimentary basins and supracrustal sequences in India are comparable in scale, and perhaps also in development, to those of North America, Africa, Australia and Brazil. The deformation of these supracrustal sequences, attendant metamorphism and emplacement of plutonic bodies hold important clues to their connection with major orogenies. Research in these areas has led to investigations into global correlation, which in turn has had a direct bearing on refining models of Palaeoproterozoic supercontinent assembly and break-up. This book covers various aspects of regional geology as well as broader issues of the Indian Palaeoproterozoic geology and its global context. It is an outcome of the UNESCO-IGCP 509 Palaeoproterozoic Supercontinents and Global Evolution research project.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Palaeoproterozoic of India: an introduction / R. Mazumder & D. Saha; title: An overview of the Palaeoproterozoic geology of Peninsular India, and key stratigraphic and tectonic issues / D. Saha & R. Mazumder; title: Mesoarchaean-Palaeoproterozoic stratigraphic record of the Singhbhum crustal province, eastern India: a synthesis / R. Mazumder, A.J. van Loon, L. Mallik, S.M. Reddy, M. Arima, W. Altermann, P.G. Eriksson, & S. De; title: Palaeoproterozoic sedimentation on the Singhbhum Craton: global context and comparison with Kaapvaal / R. Mazumder, P.G. Eriksson, S. De, A.J. Bumby & N. Lenhardt; title: Native iron in the Palaeoproterozoic Chaibasa Formation: primary or secondary? / D. H. Abbott, R. Mazumder & D. Breger; title: Stability of chloritoid + biotite-bearing assemblages in some metapelites from the Palaeoproterozoic Singhbhum Shear Zone, eastern India and their implications / N. Sengupta; title: Metamorphic evolution of the Chotanagpur Granite Gneiss Complex of the East Indian Shield: current status / S. Sanyal & P. Sengupta; title: Original nature and source of khondalites in the Eastern Ghats Province, India / S. Bhattacharya, A.K Chaudhary & M. Basei; title: Palaeoproterozoic sedimentation in the Cuddapah Basin, south India and regional tectonics: a review / D. Saha & V. Tripathy; title: Mesoproterozoic emplacement and enriched mantle derivation of the Racherla alkali syenite, Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic Cuddapah Basin, southern India: insights from in situ Sr-Nd isotopic analysis on apatite / N.V. Chalapathi Rao, F.-Y. Wu & M. Srinivas; title: Geology and diamond provenance of the Proterozoic Banganapalle conglomerates, Kurnool Group, India /; title: Reactivation of basement: example from the Anasagar Granite Gneiss Complex, Rajasthan, western India / N. Chattopadhyay, D. Mukhopadhyay & P. Sengupta; title: Morphodiversity, complexity and macroevolution: revealed by the megascopic life of the Palaeo-Neoproterozoic Vindhyan Supergroup, India / P. Srivastava; title: India's Palaeoproterozoic legacy / M. Santosh.