Stratigraphy E-Notes

Principles of Stratigraphy

Code of Stratigraphic Nomenclature of India

Lithostratigraphy

Biostratigraphy

Chronostratigraphy

Magnetostratigraphy

Principles of Stratigraphic Correlation

Characteristics of Archean Granite-Greenstone Belts

Indian Stratigraphy – Geological Evolution of Archean Nuclei:

• Dharwar

• Bastar

• Singhbhum

• Aravalli

• Bundelkhand

Proterozoic Mobile Belts:

• Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt

• Southern Granulite Terrain

• Central Indian Tectonic Zone

• Aravalli-Delhi Belt

• North Singhbhum Mobile Belt

Proterozoic Sedimentary Basins:

• Cuddapah

• Vindhyan

Phanerozoic Stratigraphy:

• Paleozoic – Spiti, Kashmir, Kumaon

• Mesozoic – Spiti, Kutch, Narmada Valley, Trichinopoly

• Gondwana Supergroup

• Cenozoic – Assam, Bengal Basins, Garhwal-Shimla Himalayas

Siwaliks

Boundary Problems in Indian Stratigraphy