Precambrian Geotectonics in the Himalaya
Sans Cenoxoic Hangover
- 1st Edition - June 22, 2023
- Author: B.K. Chakrabarti
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 7 3 0 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 3 4 4 - 0
Precambrian Geotectonics in the Himalaya provides a deep overview on geology and tectonics of the Precambrian domains of the Himalaya. Authored by an expert with over five decades… Read more
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Request a sales quotePrecambrian Geotectonics in the Himalaya provides a deep overview on geology and tectonics of the Precambrian domains of the Himalaya. Authored by an expert with over five decades of work in Precambrian Himalaya, the book studies 'Window' zones to provide a scope for understanding Precambrian deformation effects. The book specifically covers the holistic Precambrian geotectonic of the terrain and revises the subduction-back thrusting model of the Cenozoic evolution. Considering Precambrian regional events are not clearly recognised or visualised in many sectors due to overlapping crystallines, this book details a Precambrian geotectonic framework of the terrain on which the Himalayan event evolved.
Precambrian Geotectonics in the Himalaya is a necessary reference for Earth scientists, exploration and hazard management scientists, professors (and students) who carry out research what requires a comprehensive picture of the Precambrian Himalaya and in totality with the adjacent peninsula.
Precambrian Geotectonics in the Himalaya is a necessary reference for Earth scientists, exploration and hazard management scientists, professors (and students) who carry out research what requires a comprehensive picture of the Precambrian Himalaya and in totality with the adjacent peninsula.
- Features comprehensive data gathered from decades of research on the Himalaya
- Includes numerous detailed case studies that allow readers to comprehensively consider the data presented
- Describes the Precambrian tectonostratigraphic history of the Himalayan terrain
Earth science researchers in geology, geophysics, geotectonics, and precambrian geology
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Acknowledgment
- About the book
- Chapter 1. Introduction – Basic Considerations Today
- 1.1. Lithotectonic subdivisions of the Himalaya
- 1.2. Precambrian Himalaya—geological background
- Chapter 2. Precambrian Himalayan Terrain—Pakistan to Arunachal
- 2.1. Pakistan Himalaya
- 2.2. Jammu-Kashmir Himalaya
- 2.3. Himachal Himalaya
- 2.4. Garhwal–Kumaon Himalaya
- 2.5. Nepal Himalaya
- 2.6. Darjeeling–Sikkim Himalaya
- 2.7. Bhutan Himalaya
- 2.8. Arunachal Himalaya
- Chapter 3. Precambrian Himalayan terrains–geotectonic perspective
- 3.1. Basic premises of Precambrian Himalaya
- 3.2. Structure and metamorphism
- 3.3. Thrust zones
- 3.4. Ulleri gneiss and associates
- 3.5. Late Neoproterozoic–Cambrian evolution
- 3.6. Isotopic and geochemical Feedback
- Chapter 4. Precambrians of the frontal peninsula
- 4.1. Rajasthan sector
- 4.2. Great Boundary Fault
- 4.3. Vindhyan sector
- 4.4. Indo-Gangetic basin
- 4.5. Central Indian Tectonic Zone
- 4.6. Eastern Peninsula and Himalaya
- 4.7. Peninsula—Himalaya and beyond
- Chapter 5. Precambrian Himalayan Terrains – A Review
- 5.1. Magmatic and associated events
- 5.2. Lesser Himalayan and higher Himalayan sequences—overview
- Chapter 6. Precambrian Geotectonics in the Himalaya—Sans Cenozoic Hangover
- 6.1. Paleoproterozoic Himalaya—a field perspective
- 6.2. Shimla Himalaya—an illustration
- 6.3. Paleoproterozoic Himalaya—no Cenozoic Hangover
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 388
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 22, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323917308
- eBook ISBN: 9780323983440
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B.K. Chakrabarti
Dr. Chakrabarti served as the Director of the Geological Survey of India (GSI) for over thirty-five years and retired in 2003. Before joining GSI in 1968, he carried out work in the peninsular Precambrians as a research fellow in Presidency college, Kolkata where his field work started with the Himachal Himalaya and continued as research on deformation and metamorphism in the Himalaya in the Central Petrological Laboratories. Dr. Chakrabarti has published over 40 articles, two books and has edited 7 major publications and several journal issues. He served as editor-in-chief of the previously named journal ‘Indian Minerals’ for many years and was one of the editors of the M.S. Krishnan Centenary Volume on Precambrian geology of India (GSI).
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Formerly Director, Geological Survey of India (GSI), IndiaRead Precambrian Geotectonics in the Himalaya on ScienceDirect