Abstract
The carbonate-dominated Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic Vempalle Formation of the Cuddapah Basin, Southern India, represents deposition in a supratidal-subtidal setting. The facies associations, deciphered from this study, are consistent with continued gradual rise of sea level with little or no sedimentary influx during the deposition of sediments, wherein gradual deposition of carbonates are recorded with increased accommodation. The broad development of stromatolites in different layers of sediments across the coast indicates a moderately high-energy open coastline. The prolific volcanism as recorded at the top of the succession ultimately shuts down the Vempalle carbonate factory.
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The authors are thankful to the U.G.C vide grant no. 5-44/2007(BSR) for the financial support. Sincere thanks are also being accorded to Jadavpur University, Kolkata for providing infrastructural support.
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Bose, S., Chakrabarti, G. & Shome, D. Evolution of Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic open coast ramp-clues from stromatolite-bearing carbonate facies of Vempalle Formation, Cuddapah Basin, India. Arab J Geosci 10, 226 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-017-2988-y
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