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Atlas of Deformed and Metamorphosed Rocks from Proterozoic Orogens

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T.R.K. Chetty and K.V. Wilbert Kehelpannala

Atlas of Deformed and Metamorphosed Rocks from Proterozoic Orogens

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    Chapter 1 - Proterozoic orogens: introduction

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    Chapter 2 - Proterozoic orogens of Indian shield

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    Chapter 3 - Proterozoic orogens of Sri Lanka

    Pages 185-235

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    Chapter 4 - Proterozoic orogens of Southern Africa

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    Chapter 5 - East Antarctica

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    Chapter 6 - Proterozoic orogens of Western Australia

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Atlas of Deformed and Metamorphosed Rocks from Proterozoic Orogens is a richly illustrated reference book featuring over 660 full-color field images of a range of lithologies from some Proterozoic terrains that were subjected to multiple events of magmatism, deformation, metamorphism, and metasomatism. The Atlas focuses on amphibolite to granulite facies lithologies and associated mafic-ultramafic rocks from Proterozoic orogens of India, Sri Lanka, Botswana, South Africa, East Antarctica, and Western Australia. Each chapter in the book begins with a brief review of geology, including deformation and metamorphic history, along with a regional geological map to help readers to visualize the field observations in the relevant geological context. Each image is accompanied by a concise description providing location, lithology, structural fabric, possible deformational history, metamorphic features, partial melting, metasomatism, and other important crustal processes. This Atlas is an important source of information for a broad range of earth scientists, graduate and undergraduate students, researchers, academicians, and other professionals. This book will form a great treasure to those geoscientists who never had an opportunity to visit any of the Proterozoic orogenic belts.

Atlas of Deformed and Metamorphosed Rocks from Proterozoic Orogens is a richly illustrated reference book featuring over 660 full-color field images of a range of lithologies from some Proterozoic terrains that were subjected to multiple events of magmatism, deformation, metamorphism, and metasomatism. The Atlas focuses on amphibolite to granulite facies lithologies and associated mafic-ultramafic rocks from Proterozoic orogens of India, Sri Lanka, Botswana, South Africa, East Antarctica, and Western Australia. Each chapter in the book begins with a brief review of geology, including deformation and metamorphic history, along with a regional geological map to help readers to visualize the field observations in the relevant geological context. Each image is accompanied by a concise description providing location, lithology, structural fabric, possible deformational history, metamorphic features, partial melting, metasomatism, and other important crustal processes. This Atlas is an important source of information for a broad range of earth scientists, graduate and undergraduate students, researchers, academicians, and other professionals. This book will form a great treasure to those geoscientists who never had an opportunity to visit any of the Proterozoic orogenic belts.

Key Features

  • Features over 660 full-color photographs representing typical lithologies and associated structural, metamorphic features, and other crustal processes from different Proterozoic orogens
  • Highlights the significance of field photographs in advancing new knowledge which may provide pathways for new research
  • Covers many important Proterozoic terranes of East Gondwana
  • Presents regional geologic maps from each Proterozoic orogen
  • Features over 660 full-color photographs representing typical lithologies and associated structural, metamorphic features, and other crustal processes from different Proterozoic orogens
  • Highlights the significance of field photographs in advancing new knowledge which may provide pathways for new research
  • Covers many important Proterozoic terranes of East Gondwana
  • Presents regional geologic maps from each Proterozoic orogen

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978-0-12-817978-9

Language

English

Published

2021

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Authors

T.R.K. Chetty

CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India

K.V. Wilbert Kehelpannala

Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, University of Botswana, Private Bag UB 00704, Gaborone, Botswana