Tectonics of the Indian Subcontinent

by A.K. Jain, D.M. Banerjee, Vivek S. Kale

Overview

This books documents the salient characters of the tectonic evolution of the Indian subcontinent. It showcases the well investigated subcontinent of Gondwana. The book is linked to an updated geological and tectonic map of this region on 1:12,000,000 in scale. The Indian subcontinent displays almost uninterrupted and unique the geological history since about Eo-Archean (~3800 Ma) to recent, with the development of many Proterozoic deformed and metamorphosed fold belts around Archean nuclei, and enormously thick undeformed platform deposits. After their stabilization during late Proterozoic, the subcontinent underwent Paleozoic rifting and deposition of coal-bearing thick sequences, followed by enormously-thick outpouring of Deccan volcanics as a consequence of huge mantle plume. The youngest event in its evolution is the Cenozoic Himalayan Orogenic Mountains, spanning the area between Nanga Parbat and Namcha Barwah; a part of which extends both in Pakistan and Myanmar.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030428440
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	04/08/2020
Series:	Society of Earth Scientists Series
Edition description:	1st ed. 2020
Pages:	576
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Tectonics of the Indian Sub-continent: An Introduction.- Indian Cratons.- Tectonics of Sri Lanka.- Proterozoic Mobile Belts.- Proterozoic ‘Purana’ Basins.- Tectonics of the Himalaya.- Trans-Himalayan and Karakoram ranges.- Deccan Volcanic Province.- Tectonics of Western Margin of India.- Geology and Tectonics of Bangladesh.

Editorial Reviews

I appreciate the book and find it useful for various aspects of geology and geophysics of the Indian subcontinent for its updated geochronological data and an exhaustive work on the Himalayan Mountain range.” (Ram S Sharma, Journal of Earth System Science, Vol. 29, 2020)

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