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The Precambrian rocks of India have been classified into two systems, namely the Dharwar system and the Archaean system (gneiss and schists). The Dharwar System. The rocks of the Dharwar system are mainly sedimentary in origin, [8] and occur in narrow elongated synclines resting on the gneisses found in Bellary district, Mysore and the Aravalis ...
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Exposed gneiss hillock at Lal Bagh Geological Map of South India – The Dharwars of South India. The Archean gneisses and schists, which are the oldest rocks of the Indian Shield, constitute a considerable area of Peninsular India. The Dharwar (Super Group) and the Peninsular Gneissic Complex are the classified groups of the Precambrian rocks ...
The Deccan Traps are famous for the beds of fossils that have been found between layers of lava. Particularly well-known species include the frog Oxyglossus pusillus (Owen) of the Eocene of India and the toothed frog Indobatrachus, an early lineage of modern frogs, which is now placed in the Australian family Myobatrachidae.
Igneous rock (igneous from Latin igneus 'fiery'), or magmatic rock, is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic. Igneous rocks are formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava. The magma can be derived from partial melts of existing rocks in either a planet's mantle or crust.
The two colliding blocks have been rubbing against each other. Materials from the Indian Plate were scraped off by the Asian Plate. Both Indian and Asian sourced rocks were accumulated and piled up to form a thrust wedge (Fig. 4). Fig. 4 Schematic diagram showing accretion of rocks by Indian-Asian collision [10] Fig. 5 Development of thrust ...
Ijolite – Igneous rock consisting essentially of nepheline and augite; Jadeitite – Metamorphic rock found in blueschist-grade metamorphic terranes; Jasperoid – A hematite-silica metasomatite analogous to a skarn; Kenyte – Type of igneous rock - A variety of phonolite, first found on Mount Kenya
Cross-sectional diagram of phacoliths (red) in older folded rocks. A phacolith is a pluton of igneous rock parallel to the bedding plane or foliation of folded country rock. More specifically, it is a typically lens-shaped pluton that occupies either the crest of an anticline or the trough of a syncline.