The Indian plate has a long history of rifting,drifting and collision.It travelled for about 9000 km from its position within Gondwana to reach its present position within Asia.During its northward journey,the Indian ...The Indian plate has a long history of rifting,drifting and collision.It travelled for about 9000 km from its position within Gondwana to reach its present position within Asia.During its northward journey,the Indian landmass remained physically isolated for about 35 Ma from all other landmasses after its final break-up from Madagascar.A critical examination of the vertebrate fossil record of the Indian plate for the period of early and late drift phases offers very limited information for the early drift phase,but reveals a complex biogeographic history for the late drift phase.展开更多
Introduction Geology of the Indian subcontinent is not only diverse and interesting but also has been studied for a long period.Reflection of a rich geoscientific heritage may be illustrated by a couple of lesser know...Introduction Geology of the Indian subcontinent is not only diverse and interesting but also has been studied for a long period.Reflection of a rich geoscientific heritage may be illustrated by a couple of lesser known early or first“discoveries/descriptions”from the Indian subcontinent.Heinrich(1966)in his book“The Geology of Carbonatites”mentions that the first description of carbonatite was provided from India by Bose(1884)as quoted below(italics and bold for emphasis).展开更多
基金Science and Engineering Research Board(SERB),New Delhi for financial support in the form of a major research project(EMR/2017/004143)funding support from J.C.Bose National Fellowship SERB for this work.
文摘The Indian plate has a long history of rifting,drifting and collision.It travelled for about 9000 km from its position within Gondwana to reach its present position within Asia.During its northward journey,the Indian landmass remained physically isolated for about 35 Ma from all other landmasses after its final break-up from Madagascar.A critical examination of the vertebrate fossil record of the Indian plate for the period of early and late drift phases offers very limited information for the early drift phase,but reveals a complex biogeographic history for the late drift phase.
文摘Introduction Geology of the Indian subcontinent is not only diverse and interesting but also has been studied for a long period.Reflection of a rich geoscientific heritage may be illustrated by a couple of lesser known early or first“discoveries/descriptions”from the Indian subcontinent.Heinrich(1966)in his book“The Geology of Carbonatites”mentions that the first description of carbonatite was provided from India by Bose(1884)as quoted below(italics and bold for emphasis).
