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Traverses Through the Bagalkot Group from North Karnataka State, India: Deformation in the Mesoproterozoic Supracrustal Kaladgi Basin

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The Proterozoic Kaladgi Basin records the interplay between eustatic sea-level changes and tectonics on the northern fringes of the Dharwar craton of India. It has suffered strong supracrustal deformation that displays several unique features including synsedimentary deformation, superimposed tectonic deformation associated with reactivation of basement structures and the variable response of competent and incompetent strata to external stresses. Field traverses through the Mesoproterozoic Bagalkot Group from this basin are described that demonstrate these features with the intention of enabling students recognise the complexities that exist in the study of structural geology.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank Soumyajit Mukherjee for inviting this contribution, and for coordinating two rounds of review that helped improve the contents significantly. Pradeep Jadhav is particularly thanked for providing his insights and some of his (doctoral thesis) personal data and photographs for this compilation. Besides Devdutt Upasani, several of our colleagues and co-workers and our teachers Prof. V. V. Peshwa and late Prof. A. V. Phadke are thankfully acknowledged for their support during field studies and discussions. Studies in the Kaladgi Basin were funded from time to time by agencies like Department of Science and Technology (New Delhi), Atomic Minerals Directorate (Hyderabad), and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (New Delhi) under various projects in the past. Thanks to Marion Schneider, Annett Buettener, Boopalan Renu, Alexis Vizcaino, Doerthe Mennecke-Buehler and the proofreading team (Springer).

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Patil Pillai, S., Kale, V.S. (2021). Traverses Through the Bagalkot Group from North Karnataka State, India: Deformation in the Mesoproterozoic Supracrustal Kaladgi Basin. In: Mukherjee, S. (eds) Structural Geology and Tectonics Field Guidebook — Volume 1. Springer Geology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60143-0_11

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