Crustal Evolution of India and Antarctica: The Supercontinent Connection (Geological Society of London Special Publications)

Edited by N.C. Pant and S. Dasgupta

ISBN 10: 1786203197 / ISBN 13: 9781786203199

Published by London ; Geological Society, 2017

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359 pages : illustrations : 25 cm. The Proterozoic aeon involved at least three major continental readjustments. India and Antarctica appear in most models of supercontinent reconstructions, but their relative position has been the subject of debate. High-resolution petrological and geochronological data, especially from the Proterozoic mobile belts, provide the principal means of resolving this issue. The ice-covered nature of Antarctica allows only limited access to the rocks, and then only in coastal tracts, so detailed studies in more accessible Proterozoic terrains in India assume added significance. This volume, a follow-up to the XII International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Science, Goa (a SCAR symposium), provides new data from selected locations in east Antarctica (Enderby Land and Dronning Maud Land) and from India, including the Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt (EGMB), Chota Nagpur Gneissic Complex, the Khasi Hills and the Aravalli Delhi Mobile Belt. The presented geochronological data, constrained by petrological studies, are expected to provide new insights, especially into the EGMB east Antarctica connection and the rate of continental readjustments in the post-Rodinia break-up.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Crustal Evolution of India and Antarctica: The Supercontinent Connection (Geological Society of London Special Publications)
• Publisher: London ; Geological Society
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1786203197
• ISBN 13: 9781786203199
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
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  • India

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Synopsis

This Special Publication brings together recent research focused on tectono-magmatic and metamorphic events during the Proterozoic supercontinent evolution of India and Antarctica and related terranes, and will provide a framework for Indo-Antarctic correlation as well as aid in understanding the sub-glacial geology of the east Antarctic shield.