Chapter 3 The Archaean and Proterozoic history of Peninsular India: tectonic framework for Precambrian sedimentary basins in India

Abstract

The Precambrian geological history of Peninsular

Basement–cover structural relationships in the Kaladgi Basin, southwestern India: Indications towards a Mesoproterozoic gravity gliding of the cover along a detached unconformity

“…These granites constitute the northern extremeties of the Closepet granite that occurs sandwiched between the eastern and western Dharwar Craton. The Closepet granite is a 400 km long, 20-30 km wide, N-S trending, linear batholith with sheared margins (Meert and Pandit 2015). Recent studies suggest that similar convexities of adjacent schist belts and granitic plutons may indicate that the Closepet granite represents a ''stiching pluton" formed during the suturing of the eastern and western Dharwar cratons (Ramakrishnan and Vaidyanadhan, 2008;Meert and Pandit, 2015).…”

Geochemistry of ultramafic–mafic rocks of the Madawara Ultramafic Complex in the southern part of the Bundelkhand Craton, Central Indian Shield: Implications for mantle sources and geodynamic setting

“…The North Indian cratonic block comprises Aravalli and Bundelkhand cratons and might have represented a single proto‐continental block in the past (Meert & Pandit, ; Mondal, ; Mondal, Goswami, Deomurari, & Sharma, ; Sharma & Mondal, ). The Central Indian Tectonic Zone (CITZ) divides the northern Aravalli–Bundelkhand cratonic block from the southern cratonic block consisting of Singhbhum, Bastar, and Dharwar cratons (Acharyya, ; Radhakrishna & Naqvi, ).…”

Chapter 2 Classification of basins, with special reference to Proterozoic examples

“…The companion introductory chapter (Meert & Pandit 2015) is focused on the geological evolution of India and particularly the tectonic framework that accommodated evolution of the Indian Precambrian depositories. In contrast, the current article examines first the merits of basin classification schemes in order to provide a background for the 17 regional chapters on almost all important Precambrian basins of the Indian continent, which make up most of the volume.…”

“…Second, this chapter uses mainly Proterozoic basins from a set of specific cratons (Kaapvaal craton, Canadian shield, Brazilian shield, Australian continent and North China craton) to exemplify the intrinsic complexity of the natural record across the globe against the more generic basin classification schemes. In view of the comprehensive review of Indian Precambrian basins presented by Meert & Pandit (2015) and the detailed basin studies making up the core of the book, it would have been superfluous for our chapter to also include a review of the Aravalli -Bundelkand, Singhbhum, Bastar and Dharwar cratons of India. The final chapter of the book (Miall et al 2015) encompasses a summative comparison of the evolution of the Indian Precambrian basins with the global picture (which we here illustrate), thereby providing a unitary bridge between the two introductory chapters and indeed uniting the entire volume in a concluding perspective.…”