1 Precambrian Geology

Sunday, 25 September 2016
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room 302

A DECADE+ OF PRECAMBRIAN PALEOMAGNETISM IN INDIA

Paper number: 1-9
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM

Authors

Abstract

Peninsular India is one of the keystone elements of the Gondwana, Rodinia and Columbia supercontinents. In the early 2000’s, the availability of paleomagnetic data from India consisted of a single well-dated paleomagnetic pole from the Malani Igneous Province. New geochronologic methods along with a renewed interest in paleomagnetic studies of Indian rocks have revolutionized our understanding of both India assembly and its role in the aforementioned supercontinental assemblies. Peninsular India consists of 6 major crustal elements known as the Dharwar, Singhbhum, Bastar, Bundelkhand, Aravalli cratons along with the Southern Granulite province. The Bundelkhand and Aravalli cratons are comprise the North India Block (NIB) and the Singhbhum, Bastar and Dharwar cratons make up the Southern India Block (SIB). This presentation will review the progress in Indian paleomagnetism over the past decade and its implications for Precambrian supercontinents

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 48, No. 7

doi: 10.1130/abs/2016AM-287128

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