A synopsis of events related to the assembly of eastern Gondwana

JG Meert - Tectonophysics, 2003 - Elsevier
The assembly of the eastern part of Gondwana (eastern Africa, Arabian–Nubian shield
(ANS), Seychelles, India, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, East Antarctica and Australia) resulted …

Deep carbon cycle in subduction zones

Y Liu, C Chen, D He, W Chen - Science China Earth Sciences, 2019 - Springer
The carbon cycle between the deep Earth and the atmosphere (ie, the deep carbon cycle)
can significantly affect the global climate on both long and short time scales. Although …

Pan-Gondwanaland post-collisional extension marked by 650–500 Ma alkaline rocks and carbonatites and related detrital zircons: a review

JJ Veevers - Earth-Science Reviews, 2007 - Elsevier
Pan-Gondwanaland (650–500 Ma) tectonics is dominated by transcurrent motions driven by
post-collisional oblique stresses. Extension is commonly marked by the intrusion of alkaline …

Evolution of the continental crust in the Proterozoic Eastern Ghats Belt, India and new constraints for Rodinia reconstruction: implications from Sm–Nd, Rb–Sr and Pb …

K Rickers, K Mezger, MM Raith - Precambrian Research, 2001 - Elsevier
For this study Nd, Sr and Pb isotope compositions were analyzed for ortho-and
paragneisses from the Eastern Ghats Belt of India in order to determine its crust formation …

Precambrian continental strain and shear zone patterns: South Indian case

D Chardon, M Jayananda, TRK Chetty… - … Research: Solid Earth, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
This study addresses the tectonic and mechanical significance of crustal‐scale strain and
shear zone patterns in the South Indian Precambrian lithosphere. It is based on a tectonic …

Paleomagnetism and U–Pb geochronology of easterly trending dykes in the Dharwar craton, India: feldspar clouding, radiating dyke swarms and the position of India …

HC Halls, A Kumar, R Srinivasan, MA Hamilton - Precambrian Research, 2007 - Elsevier
AU–Pb baddeleyite age of 2367±1Ma from a diabase dyke together with previously
published age data, suggests that a major early Proterozoic dyke swarm cuts across the …

Archean granite‐greenstone tectonics at Kolar (south India): Interplay of diapirism and bulk inhomogeneous contraction during juvenile magmatic accretion

D Chardon, JJ Peucat, M Jayananda… - …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The structural study of the Kolar greenstone belt and surrounding granite‐gneiss terrains
combined with U‐Pb dating reveals that the middle and lower crustal tectonoplutonic pattern …

Carbonatites of India

P Krishnamurthy - Journal of the Geological Society of …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Based on the field relations, associated rock types and age, the carbonatite-alkaline rock
complexes of India, that are spatially related to deep main faults, rifts and shear zones, have …

Temporal evolution of δ44/40Ca and 87Sr/86Sr of carbonatites: Implications for crustal recycling through time

A Banerjee, R Chakrabarti, A Simonetti - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbonatites are igneous rocks composed of over 50% modal carbonate minerals and their
exact origin and possible mode (s) of formation are still debated. We report stable Ca …

High mantle heat flow in a Precambrian granulite province: Evidence from southern India

L Ray, PS Kumar, GK Reddy, S Roy… - Journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Twelve new heat flow values determined at nine sites and heat production estimated from
radioelemental measurements at 330 sites in the southern granulite province (SGP) bring …