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8. Intracratonic Purana Basins in Peninsular India: Mesoproterozoic History

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In the wake of the Eastern Ghat orogenic movements when a large part of India was affected by tectonic upheaval and attendant magnetic activities, a number of shallow but subsiding basins developed in the active parts in front of the older orogenic belts.

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Title: Intracratonic Purana Basins in Peninsular India: Mesoproterozoic History
Author: K. S. Valdiya
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: The Making of India
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-25027-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-25029-8

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