Proterozoic Orogens of India

Proterozoic Orogens of India: A Critical Window to Gondwana provides a unique opportunity to understand a cross-section of the well-exposed and best-studied part of Earth’s crust and the processes of continental collision. It covers pulses of reworking processes and their impact on magmatism, metamorphism and deformational history of Proterozoic orogens vis-à-vis the supercontinental formation. The details of structural architecture, crustal blocks, shear zone systems, magmatism, metamorphism, geochemical and isotopic signatures, mineralization and tectonic models of all the Proterozoic orogens of India are discussed along with excellent illustrations reflecting the field-based, multi-scale structural and geological data sets.The spatial distribution, geometry, kinematics and transpressional strain of the shear zone systems (mostly suture zones), which are critical to all conceptual models dealing with tectono-metamorphic history of Proterozoic orogens of India, are also covered. The book summarizes and integrates the state-of -the art understanding of the structural architecture, lithological assemblages, petrological, geochemical, geochronological and geophysical aspects of the Proterozoic orogens of India.

"Dr.T.R.K.Chetty is one such field geologist who has succeeded in opening new avenues and thereby provided a unique opportunity to understand the cross section of the well exposed and thoroughly studied part of the Earth`s crust and the varied processes of continental collision. ...he has succeeded to a significant extent."—The Journal of Indian Geophysical Union

"However, what makes this book particularly enjoyable is its language. The book is an excellent read, and is written in an extremely lucid manner.

For a first hand reference on mobile belts in the Indian shield, I would be hard-pressed to think of an alternative to the “Proterozoic Orogens of India – a critical window to Gondwana” at the present time."—JOUR.GEOL.SOC.INDIA, VOL.91, FEB. 2018