Geology of the Himalayan Belt
Geology of the Himalayan Belt

Author: B.K. Chakrabarti

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2016-03-04

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0128020601

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Geology of the Himalayan Belt: Deformation, Metamorphism, Stratigraphy presents sophisticated metamorphic and igneous rock data across various Himalayan geographic sectors, capturing their petrography, metamorphism, structure, mineralization, and regional tectonic research. With an east-west extension of about 3000 kilometers and numerous 8000 meter peaks, the Himalayas are the most spectacular mountain ranges on earth. Since the 19th century, they have provided a testing ground of global importance for the development of geodynamic concepts, from isostasy over continental collision, to more recently, feedback mechanisms between tectonics and climate. This book collects the broad range of data that's been gathered on the Himalayas over the past 50 years, providing a comprehensive analysis and interpretation on the available data that brings the scientific community a better understanding of the geological diversity and structure of the Himalayan belt, along with new techniques that have applications in a host of global geological settings. - Features a vast amount of geological research data collected in the Himalayas over the past half century - Authored by a recognized global expert on the geology of the Himalayan belt - Presents analysis and interpretation techniques to aid scientists in conducting fieldwork and research - Provides the latest information on geodynamic concepts, from isostasy over continental collision, to more recently, feedback mechanisms between tectonics and climate

Historical Geology of India
Historical Geology of India

Author: S.K. Shah

Publisher: Scientific Publishers

Published: 2018-01-01

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 9387307999

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‘Historical Geology of India’ is a text book for graduate and post-graduate students of geology, geophysics and other earth sciences for Indian Universities. It also caters to the universities of USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada as one or two credit courses on regional studies are included in the curriculum. Besides it can be useful to professional geologists and geophysicists working on various projects in India. The book has been specially designed to cover the course content of major Indian Universities and the approved syllabi of the University Grants Commission. This book has not been written in the classical style of what is where and when was it formed; instead there has been an attempt to base the entire history on the time control as available from latest data on high resolution stratigraphy through fossil content, radiometric dating and palaeomagnetic studies. There is a special focus on the tectonic history of the entire subcontinent through time from Precambrian times to present day.

A Global Synthesis of the Ordovician System: Part 2
A Global Synthesis of the Ordovician System: Part 2

Author: T. Servais

Publisher: Geological Society of London Special Publications

Published: 2023-06-08

Total Pages: 618

ISBN-13: 1786205890

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The Ordovician was one of the longest of the geological periods, characterized by major magmatic and tectonic activity, an immense biodiversification, swings in climate and sea levels, and the first Phanerozoic mass extinction. ‘A Global Synthesis of the Ordovician System’ is presented in two volumes in The Geological Society, Special Publications. Whereas the first volume (SP532) concentrates on general aspects and a synthesis of the Ordovician geology of Europe, this volume (SP533) includes reviews of Ordovician successions of most other parts of the world. The classic successions of the Ordovician basins of North America are presented, as well as those of China where several of the Ordovician Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points are defined. The volume also includes syntheses of the Ordovician geology of Africa, South America, most regions of Asia from the Near to the Far East along with Central Asia, as well as Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica.

Precambrian Geotectonics in the Himalaya
Precambrian Geotectonics in the Himalaya

Author: B.K. Chakrabarti

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2023-06-22

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 0323983448

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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 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. - 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

Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 2
Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 2

Author: Giorgio Lollino

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-09-16

Total Pages: 2016

ISBN-13: 3319090577

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This book is one out of 8 IAEG XII Congress volumes, and deals with Landslide processes, including: field data and monitoring techniques, prediction and forecasting of landslide occurrence, regional landslide inventories and dating studies, modeling of slope instabilities and secondary hazards (e.g. impulse waves and landslide-induced tsunamis, landslide dam failures and breaching), hazard and risk assessment, earthquake and rainfall induced landslides, instabilities of volcanic edifices, remedial works and mitigation measures, development of innovative stabilization techniques and applicability to specific engineering geological conditions, use of geophysical techniques for landslide characterization and investigation of triggering mechanisms. Focuses is given to innovative techniques, well documented case studies in different environments, critical components of engineering geological and geotechnical investigations, hydrological and hydrogeological investigations, remote sensing and geophysical techniques, modeling of triggering, collapse, run out and landslide reactivation, geotechnical design and construction procedures in landslide zones, interaction of landslides with structures and infrastructures and possibility of domino effects. The Engineering Geology for Society and Territory volumes of the IAEG XII Congress held in Torino from September 15-19, 2014, analyze the dynamic role of engineering geology in our changing world and build on the four main themes of the congress: environment, processes, issues, and approaches. The congress topics and subject areas of the 8 IAEG XII Congress volumes are: Climate Change and Engineering Geology. Landslide Processes. River Basins, Reservoir Sedimentation and Water Resources. Marine and Coastal Processes. Urban Geology, Sustainable Planning and Landscape Exploitation. Applied Geology for Major Engineering Projects. Education, Professional Ethics and Public Recognition of Engineering Geology. Preservation of Cultural Heritage.

Indian Geological Sequences
Indian Geological Sequences

Author: Jai Krishna

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2024-06-18

Total Pages: 658

ISBN-13: 0128232234

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Indian Geological Sequences: Salient Features and Major Events focuses on the first ever differentiation of the entire Indian record into a five tier hierarchical succession of geological sequences – five giga to 12 mega to 25 1st order to 68 2nd order to over 100 3rd order ones as its basic skeleton. Using the developed grid of sequence timelines, the diverse inter-disciplinary geological manifestations on the broad tectono-stratigraphically homogeneous supra-region of GTM (Gondwanian Tethyan Margin from Arabia to Australia) have been mutually integrated towards chronicling of events with precision never ever realized earlier. The giga-sequences GS-I to GS-IV comprising eight mega-sequences MS-I to MS-VIII deal with the Precambrian in brief. GS-V (¬ 635 ma onward) MS-IX (¬ 635-444 ma) and MS-XII (¬ 61.6 onward) include orogenies while MS-X (¬ 444-259 ma) and MS-XI (¬ 259-61.6 ma) are dominated by dismemberment tectonics. The prime focus is on the correlation of events across scores of sedimentary basins from outcrop to subsurface, onshore to offshore, marine to non-marine, shallow to deep water, plant to animal, micro to macro-fossils, and Proto-Paleo-Neotethys to Indian Ocean. Among the major Phanerozoic events time precised are the ¬ 500 ma Acantha Zone mega MFS accretion of the then alien TH to the Indian margin, and the ¬ 50 ma P8 Zone mega MFS impingement of India on Asia while the important dismemberment events include the ¬ 159 ma late Middle Oxfordian Orientalis Zone Schilli Subzone 1st order MFS initiation of the Indian Ocean which culminated in steps with oceanic separation of Sri Lanka from Antarctica at the ¬ 107 ma early Middle Albian Dentatus Zone mega MFS, ¬ 90 ma 1st order SB initiation of separation of Madagascar so also of Mascaranes basin, NER, Central Indian basin, Wharton basin, separation of Greater Seychelles from India at the ¬ 64.5 ma intra Danian 2nd order Quadratus Zone MFS and ¬ 24 ma Complanata Zone MFS thrusting due south of Greater Himalaya upon Lesser Himalaya. Indian Geological Sequences: Salient Features and Major Events is a valuable reference for researchers and scientists in the field of Earth Sciences. - Relates multi-dimensional geological events of one region to another in a vast supra-region through precisely dated sequence timelines - Links macro- and micro-evolutionary advent and extinction events to macro- and micro-geological events - Includes multidisciplinary data sources, from sedimentological, geochemical, and geophysical records

Metamorphism and Crustal Evolution
Metamorphism and Crustal Evolution

Author: Ram Swaroop Sharma

Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Dist

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 9788126904365

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This Book Is In Commemoration Of The Life And Work Of Professor R.S. Sharma, An Eminent Metamorphic Petrologist And Mineralogist. It Incorporates The Latest Developments In The Field Of Metamorphic Petrology. The Volume Is Divided Into Five Sections, Namely Metamorphism, Fluid Processes, Himalayan Metamorphism, Uhp/ Uht Metamorphism, And Geochronology & Geochemistry. The Book Would Be Of Great Interest To All Geoscientists Concerned With Metamorphic Processes And Crustal Evolution.The Main Topics Covered In The Book Include:The Granulite Facies, Crustal Melting, And Prograde And Retrograde Phase Equilibria In Metapelites At The Amphibolite To Granulite Facies Transition Tim E. Johnson And M. Brown; Evolution Of Early Proterozoic Metamorphism Within Tim-Yastrebovskaya Paleorift, Voronezh Crystalline Massif, East-European Platform: Metapelite Systematics, Phase Equilibrium, And P-T Conditions Tatyana N. Polyakova, Konstantin A. Savko, Vyacheslav Yu. Skryabin; Metamorphosed Carbonate-Evaporitic Rocks At Transition Of High-Pressure Amphibolite/Eclogite Facies Conditions: A Case Study From The Sare Sang Lapis-Lazuli Deposit (Afghanistan) Shah Wali Faryad; Petrogenesis And Evolution Of Peña Negra, An Anatectic Complex In The Spanish Central System M. Dolores Pereira Gómez; Polymetamorphism In The Archaean Gneiss Complex Of Shivpura Gyangarh, District Bhilwara, Rajasthan H. Thomas; Ibc Granulite In Clockwise Pressure-Temperature Regime: A Case From The Orissa Sector Of Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt S.C. Patel; Carbonates In Feldspathic Gneisses From The Granulite Facies: Implications For The Formation Of Co2-Rich Fluid Inclusions William Lamb; Growth And Exhumation Of The Lower Crust Of The Kohistan Arc, Nw Himalayas T. Yoshino And T. Okudaira; Evidence Of Upper Amphibolite Facies Metamorphism From Almora Nappe, Kumaun Himalayas Mallickarjun Joshi And A.N. Tiwari; Is Muscovite In The Mandi Granite Primary? A Guide To Distinction Between The Lower Paleozoic And Tertiary Granites Of The Himalayas S. Nag, S. Sengupta And P.K. Verma; Modeling Of P-T-T Paths Constrained By Mineral Chemistry And Monazite Dating Of Metapelites In Relationship To Mct Activity In Sikkim, Eastern Himalayas Chandra S. Dubey, E.J. Catlos And B.K. Sharma; Uhp Metamorphism And Continental Subduction/Collision J.G. Liou, T. Tsujimori, I. Katayama And S. Maruyama; Uht Metamorphism And Continental Orogenic Belts A. Mohan, I.N. Sharma And P.K. Singh; Single Zircon Dating Of Hypersthene-Bearing Granitoid From Balaram-Abu Road Area, Southern Part Of The Aravalli Mountains, Nw India: Implications For Malani Magmatism Related Thermal Event A.B. Roy, Alfred Kröner, Vivek Laul And Ritesh Purohit; Geochemistry And Petrogenesis Of The High Grade Granulites From Kodaikanal, South India D. Prakash And H. Thomas; The Lower Crust Of The Indian Shield: Its Characteristics And Evolution T.M. Mahadevan