
Indian Shield
Precambrian Evolution and Phanerozoic Reconstitution
Description
Key Features
- Features comprehensive geological information on the evolution of the Indian Subcontinent, from the growth of early crust to the present day in a single volume
- Discusses different processes of post-Precambrian reconstitution of the Indian Shield that ultimately produced the present-day geomorphology as well as the tectonic character of the region
- Assesses the impacts and effects of the ongoing post-Himalayan tectonism on the Indian Subcontinent
Readership
Geologists, Geomorphologists, Geochemists, Mineralogists, Petrologists and Geophysicists
Table of Contents
PART 1: Precambrian Crust of India: A general Introduction
1. Pristine size, shape and tectonic framework of Indian Shield
2. Geomorphotectonic and Geophysical characterization of Indian Subcontinent
3. Framework of Indian Shield: Concepts and tectonic subdivisions
4. Geology and evolutionary history of Precambrian crustal blocks
5. Correlation and evolutionary history of the Indian ShieldPART 2: Early Phanerozioc Geology of India
6. Palaeozoicgeologic history
7. Geology of the Gondwana Supergroup: 1. Definition, Classification, and Distribution
8. Geology of the Gondwana Supergroup: 2. Sedimentation, Basin Morphology and EvolutionPART 3: Between Jurassic Breakup and the Himalayan Collision
9. Jurassic marine incursions and basin evolution
10. Development of fracture system (Lineament) consequent on break-up of Gondwanaland
11. Plume outbursts and their manifestations on Indian ShieldPART 4: Geology and Evolution of the Himalayas
12. Constituents and Tectonic architecture of the Himalayas
13. Lithotectonic Units and Sedimentation pattern
14. Pattern of metamorphism and Tectonichistory of the HimalayasPART 5: Quaternary Geology and Active tectonics and Palaeoseismicity
15. Quaternary Basin evolutions and sedimentation pattern
16. Active tectonics and resultant seismicity in Indian Subcontinent
Product details
- No. of pages: 398
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2018
- Published: April 20, 2018
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128098394
- eBook ISBN: 9780128098400