An overview of Rodinia-Gondwana Supercontinents, India - Asia Collision, emergence of Himalaya and Paleobiogeography of the eastern Tethys in Indian Subcontinent, South Asia
V. C. Tewari
Abstract:The existence of Rodinia Supercontinent during Meso-Neoproterozoic and its subsequent breakup and reassembly as Gondwana Supercontinent is a widely accepted hypothesis in geological history of the Earth. The breakup of the Rodinia resulted in formation of rift basins and passive continental margins around 650 Ma. Major palaeoclimatic events like Neoproterozoic global glaciation (Snowball Earth) followed by global warming have been recorded from different continents including Indian Lesser Himalaya (Blaini -Kro… Show more
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