Plate-tectonic evolution of the deep ocean basins adjoining the western continental margin of India—a proposed model for the early opening scenario

GC Bhattacharya, V Yatheesh - Petroleum geosciences: Indian contexts, 2015 - Springer
The available plate-tectonic evolution models suggest that the deep ocean basins adjoining
the western continental margin of India have evolved largely due to break-up and dispersal …

Archean tectonics and crustal evolution of the Biligiri Rangan Block, southern India

RT Ratheesh-Kumar, M Santosh, QY Yang… - Precambrian …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Southern Granulite Terrain in India is a collage of crustal blocks ranging in age
from Archean to Neoproterozoic. This study investigate the tectonic evolution of one of the …

New plate kinematic model and tectono‐stratigraphic history of the East African and west Madagascan margins

A Tuck‐Martin, J Adam, G Eagles - Basin Research, 2018 - earthdoc.org
The continental margins of East Africa and West Madagascar are a frontier for hydrocarbon
exploration. However, the links between the regional tectonic history of sedimentary basins …

The tectonic “umbilical cord” linking India and Sri Lanka and the tale of their failed rift

RT Ratheesh‐Kumar, PL Dharmapriya… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Geophysical studies of the tectonic links between Sri Lanka and India are limited, and
consequent paleo‐fit configurations differ and remain uncertain. Here, we present first‐order …

Mesoproterozoic suturing of Archean crustal blocks in western peninsular India: Implications for India–Madagascar correlations

C Ishwar-Kumar, M Santosh, SA Wilde, T Tsunogae… - Lithos, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Kumta and Mercara suture zones welding together Archean crustal blocks in
western peninsular India offer critical insights into Precambrian continental juxtapositions …

[HTML][HTML] 南海重力异常的沉积层密度改正及其对区域构造特征分析的意义

于传海, 赵俊峰, 施小斌, 杨小秋, 任自强, 陈梅 - 地球物理学报, 2017 - html.rhhz.net
南海位于太平洋板块, 印澳板块和欧亚板块交汇处, 自晚中生代以来历经张裂作用,
海底扩张以及印藏碰撞, 菲律宾海板块西向运动等构造事件的叠加改造, 不仅形成了复杂多样的 …

Tonian arc magmatism in central Madagascar: the petrogenesis of the Imorona-Itsindro Suite

DB Archibald, AS Collins, JD Foden… - The Journal of …, 2017 - journals.uchicago.edu
Abstract The East African Orogen is one of the largest orogens that formed during the
Ediacaran to Cambrian amalgamation of Gondwana. In the Mozambique Belt, the East …

Deep structure of the Demerara Plateau and its two-fold tectonic evolution: from a volcanic margin to a transform marginal plateau, insights from the Conjugate Guinea …

D Graindorge, T Museur, F Klingelhoefer, WR Roest… - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Transform marginal plateaus (TMPs) are large and flat structures commonly found in deep
oceanic domains, but their origin and relationship to adjacent oceanic lithosphere remain …

Escarpment retreat rates derived from detrital cosmogenic nuclide concentrations

Y Wang, S Willett - Earth Surface Dynamics Discussions, 2021 - esurf.copernicus.org
High-relief great escarpments at passive margins present a paradoxical combination of high
relief topography, but low erosion rates suggesting low rates of landscape change …

Structure and chronology across the Achankovil terrain boundary shear zone system (South India), and its Madagascar connection in the Gondwanaland

P Praharaj, S Rekha, A Bhattacharya - International Journal of Earth …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract In South India, the WNW-striking~ 130-km-long Achankovil Shear Zone (AKSZ)
separating the Trivandrum Block and the Madurai Block is speculated to continue within …