Cratons and Fold Belts of India
Cratons and Fold Belts of India, is a unique attempt at presenting geological characteristics and evolution of the fold belts and the cratonic areas of the Indian shield. The author has evaluated the different evolutionary models for each fold belt in lig
- PDF / 7,220,699 Bytes
- 324 Pages / 439.37 x 666.142 pts Page_size
- 28 Downloads / 164 Views
27
Ram S. Sharma
Cratons and Fold Belts of India
123
Prof. Dr. Ram S. Sharma University of Rajasthan Dept. Geology Jaipur-302004 India [email protected]
ISSN 0930-0317 ISBN 978-3-642-01458-1 e-ISBN 978-3-642-01459-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-01459-8 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009926971 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: Bauer, Thomas Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Cover Page Abbreviations
Blue Areas Are Fold Belts AFB Delhi FB DFB EGMB MFB PMB Satpura FB SFB SKFB
Aravalli Fold Belt Delhi Fold Belt Dongargarh Fold Belt Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt Mahakoshal Fold Belt Pandyan Mobile Belt Satpura Fold Belt Singhbhum Fold Belt Sakoli Fold Belt
Orange Areas Are Cratons BC BKC BGC CGC EDC MGC SBC WDC
vi
Bastar Craton Bundelkhand Craton (massif) Banded Gneissic Complex Chhotanagpur Granite-Gneiss Complex Eastern Dharwar Craton Meghalaya Craton Singhbhum Craton Western Dharwar Craton
A hundred times a day I remind myself that my inner and outer lives are based on the labors of other people, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving. Albert Einstein
Dedicated to the memory of my sister Rajbai and her mother-in-law Bhoribai whose benevolence and guardianship helped me attain what I could.
Foreword
Professor Ram Swaroop Sharma whom I affectionately address as Bhratashri has asked me to write a foreword for his book on “Cratons and Fold Belts of India”. Bhratashri’s wish is always my command and this foreword is written with both delight and humility. Formation of rocks to make up the continental crust and the assembly of such rocks to form a contiguous and large physiographic feature called landmass is a first order geological problem. Several other geological problems such as the formation of various landforms (mountains, plateaus and plains), various mineral deposits, development/maintenance/evolution of hydrologic cycle, climate and life, and rivers and their basins are integral parts of this first order problem. Just as the fundamental thing called
Data Loading...
