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    The geology of India began 4.57 billion years ago and contains diverse rock types from different geologic periods. India can be classified into the Deccan Trap, Gondwana, and Vindhyan regions. The Deccan Trap covers parts of western India and was formed by sub-aerial volcanic activity in the Mesozoic era. The Gondwana and Vindhyan regions contain sedimentary rocks deposited in the Permo-Carboniferous period found in central and eastern India. The Indian plate was once part of the supercontinent Pangaea and broke off around 160 million years ago, drifting northwards towards Eurasia at the fastest known plate speed.

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    The geology of India began 4.57 billion years ago and contains diverse rock types from different geologic periods. India can be classified into the Deccan Trap, Gondwana, and Vindhyan regions. The Deccan Trap covers parts of western India and was formed by sub-aerial volcanic activity in the Mesozoic era. The Gondwana and Vindhyan regions contain sedimentary rocks deposited in the Permo-Carboniferous period found in central and eastern India. The Indian plate was once part of the supercontinent Pangaea and broke off around 160 million years ago, drifting northwards towards Eurasia at the fastest known plate speed.

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    The geology of India began 4.57 billion years ago and contains diverse rock types from different geologic periods. India can be classified into the Deccan Trap, Gondwana, and Vindhyan regions. The Deccan Trap covers parts of western India and was formed by sub-aerial volcanic activity in the Mesozoic era. The Gondwana and Vindhyan regions contain sedimentary rocks deposited in the Permo-Carboniferous period found in central and eastern India. The Indian plate was once part of the supercontinent Pangaea and broke off around 160 million years ago, drifting northwards towards Eurasia at the fastest known plate speed.

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    GEOLOGY OF INDIA

    The geology of India started with the geological evolution of rest of the Earth i.e. 4.57 Ga (billion years ago). India has a diverse geology. Different regions in India contain rocks of all types belonging to different geologic periods. Mineral deposits of great variety are found in the subcontinent in huge quantity. India's geographical land area can be classified into- Deccan trap , Gondwana and Vindhyan.

    DECCAN TRAP
    Firstly, the Deccan Trap covers almost all of Maharashtra, a part of Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh marginally. It is believed that the Deccan Trap was formed as result of sub-aerial volcanic activity during the Mesozoic era. That is why the rocks found in this region are generally igneous type.

    During its journey northward after breaking off from the rest of Gondwana, the Indian Plate passed over a geologic hotspot, the Runion hotspot, which caused extensive melting underneath the Indian craton. The melting broke through the surface of the craton in a massive flood basalt event, creating what is known as the Deccan Traps.

    GONDWANA & VINDHYAN


    The Gondwana and Vindhyan include within its fold parts of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Bihar, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttaranchal. The Gondwana Supergroup forms a unique sequence of fluviatile rocks deposited in Permo-Carboniferous time. Damodar and Sone river valley and Rajmahal hills in the eastern India are depository of the Gondwana rocks

    Plate tectonics
    The Indian craton was once part of the supercontinent of Pangaea. At that time, it was attached to Madagascar and southern Africa on the south west coast, and Australia along the east coast. 160 Ma (ICS 2004) during the Jurassic Period, rifting caused Pangaea to break apart into two supercontinents namely, Gondwana (to the south) and Laurasia (to the north). The Indian craton remained attached to Gondwana, until the supercontinent began to rift apart about in the early Cretaceous, about 125 Ma (ICS 2004). The Indian Plate then drifted northward toward the Eurasian Plate, at a pace that is the fastest movement of any known plate.

    PLATE TECTONICS

    MOVEMENT OF INDIAN PLATE

    MAJOR GROUP OF ROCKS

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