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Geodynamic Evolution of the Indian Shield: Geophysical Aspects

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The nature of crustal and lithospheric mantle deformation due to sustained intraplate geodynamic activity beneath a unique Archean shield terrain like India, has been a subject of considerable interest. So far, heat flow is evaluated for over 170 locations over this terrain, which regionally varies from a low of 23.0 mW/m2 to as high as 107.0 mW/m2. Their distribution conforms well with the nature of underlying crust and mantle inhomogeneities. Among various cratons, the Archaean Dharwar craton is characterised by lower heat flow, compared to remobilised Sighbhum, Bastar and Aravalli cratons. Similarly, lithospheric thickness also varied from as low as 45 km in north Cambay graben to 185 km below western Dharwar craton, with a mean of about 100 km. These findings re-affirm that the Indian crust, as well as mantle, is quite warm due to rise of isotherms at shallow level. Thinning of the Indian lithosphere may be due to the combination of both, Deccan volcanic event and continued lithospheric remobilization since Midproterozoic period.

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Pandey, O.P. (2020). Heat Flow and Lithospheric Thermal Structure. In: Geodynamic Evolution of the Indian Shield: Geophysical Aspects. Society of Earth Scientists Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40597-7_9

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