Tectonics of the Indian Subcontinent - A.K. Jain, D.M. Banerjee, Vivek S. Kale

Tectonics of the Indian Subcontinent

Buch | Softcover
XXIII, 576 Seiten
2021 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-42847-1 (ISBN)
160,49 inkl. MwSt

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.

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.

"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)

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Society of Earth Scientists Series
Zusatzinfo XXIII, 576 p. 205 illus., 66 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 908 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geologie
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geophysik
Schlagworte Hadean • Himalayan Orogenesis • Proterozoic Fold Belts • Proterozoic sedimentary basins • Structural Geology • Tectonics of Sri Lanka
ISBN-10 3-030-42847-8 / 3030428478
ISBN-13 978-3-030-42847-1 / 9783030428471
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