Introduction and Paleogeographic Context, Previous Work, High-Resolution Scale, Magnetochronologic Perspective, Radiometric Scenario, Igneous Activities, Anoxic Events and Eustatic Fluctuations

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Abstract

The chapter outlines the multidisciplinary geodynamic transformations in the Mesozoic with focus on the evolution of India as part of the Gondwana dismemberment. The rationale of approaching the chronicle through the innovative sequence stratigraphic approach is emphasized upon through formulation of depositional sequences in the key basins of Spiti in north, Kachchh in west and Cauvery in southeast, respectively, for the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous intervals between the origin to the closure of the Neotethys. Paramount significant is given to ammonoids in developing and updating the integration towards high-resolution chronicle. Updates are also outlined on important aspects of tectonics, volcanism, tectono-sedimento-stratigraphy, eustatics, anoxicism, geomagnetism, radiometry, organic evolution, and others, along with their interrelationships.

Keywords

Mesozoic Geodynamics Paleogeography Gondwana Neotethys Indian Ocean Gondwanian tethyan margin (GTM) Eurasian tethyan margin (ETM) Gondic and Dravidian corridors Igneous events Oceanic anoxic events (OAEs) Sequence stratigraphy Spiti Kachchh Cauvery Magnetostratigraphy Radiometry Ammonoids Indo-East-African province (IEAP) Eustatics Tectonics 
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  1. 1.Centre of Advanced Study in Geology, Institute of ScienceBanaras Hindu UniversityVaranasiIndia

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