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This research was supported by the project “Revision of the Geological Map of Gondwana”, a cooperation between UFRJ and Petrobras (Brazil). This publication is a contribution to the IGCP-628 “The Gondwana geological Map and the tectonic evolution of Gondwana”. R.S. Schmitt acknowledges the CNPq research grant no. 311748/2018-0 and FAPERJ grant no. E-26/200.995/2021. The authors would also like to thank the support from the Geological Survey of India, and researchers from all over the world, with special reference to Arvind Kumar Jain (Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee), Parampreet Kaur (Punjab University), Ian Fitzsimons (Curtin University), Shahid Iqbal (Quaid-i-Azam University), Alan Collins (University of Adelaide), Wilbert Kehelpannala (University of Botswana), M. Santosh (China University of Geosciences, Beijing) and Debapriya Adhikary (Geological Survey of India). We dedicate this editorial to our late colleagues Sarbani Patranabis-Deb (Indian Statistical Institute) and Alfred Kröner (University of Mainz).
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da Silva Schmitt, R., da Silva, E.A., Gomes, I.V. et al. Greater India and the New Gondwana Geological Map (IGCP-628). J Geol Soc India 99, 443–448 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-023-2330-0
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