Wednesday, April 30, 2014

India's Epic Geological Journey From Jurassic To Present

A friend mailed me this paper - The longest voyage: Tectonic, magmatic, and paleoclimatic evolution of the Indian plate during its northward flight from Gondwana to Asia by Sankar Chatterjeea, Arghya Goswamib and Christopher R. Scoteseb published in Gondwana Research and asked if I could give it a "Rapid Uplift" treatment.

I would love to write about this paper but it is too long for one post. I want to break it down to manageable substories and write a few posts on it. The good thing about the paper is that it describes the various geologic events using excellent graphics. So I hope to keep the posts relatively light on text and let diagrams and pictures tell the story.

Let me begin with this timeline of events- a summary of the tectonic, magmatic and paleoclimatic evolution of the Indian plate as it broke away from Gondwana, acquired a distinct physical shape and drifted northward towards Asia.


Source:  The longest voyage: Tectonic, magmatic, and paleoclimatic evolution of the Indian plate during its northward flight from Gondwana to Asia by Sankar Chatterjeea, Arghya Goswamib and Christopher R. Scoteseb

Its a very clearly worded summary of the long geological history of the Indian plate. .. more stories to follow soon!

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