Indian Gondwana basins

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The Indian Gondwana basins are a series of continental sedimentary basins in peninsular India renowned for their extensive Permian–Mesozoic coal-bearing strata, fossil assemblages, and insights into the geological evolution of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coal-bearing basin ⓘ
geological province ⓘ
sedimentary basin system ⓘ
boundedBy fault-controlled margins ⓘ
contains Glossopteris flora fossils ⓘ
Gondwana Supergroup sediments ⓘ
glacial and glaciofluvial deposits ⓘ
trace fossils ⓘ
vertebrate fossils ⓘ
country India ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment continental ⓘ
fluvial ⓘ
lacustrine ⓘ
economicImportance major coal resources of India ⓘ
source of coking coal in eastern India ⓘ
source of power-grade coal ⓘ
geologicalAge Cretaceous ⓘ
Jurassic ⓘ
Permian ⓘ
linked to: Permian Period

Triassic ⓘ
knownFor continental clastic sedimentary successions ⓘ
extensive coal-bearing strata ⓘ
records of Gondwana breakup ⓘ
rich fossil assemblages ⓘ
lithology coal seams ⓘ
conglomerate ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
shale ⓘ
locatedIn Peninsular India ⓘ
majorBasin Damodar Valley basin ⓘ
Jharia basin ⓘ
linked to: Jharia coalfield

North Karanpura basin ⓘ
Pranhita–Godavari basin ⓘ
Raniganj basin ⓘ
linked to: Raniganj coalfield

Satpura basin ⓘ
linked to: Satpura region

Son–Mahanadi basin ⓘ
South Rewa basin ⓘ
Talchir basin ⓘ
Wardha valley basin ⓘ
linked to: Wardha Valley
partOf Gondwana Supergroup ⓘ
linked to: Gondwana Group
providesInsightInto Permian–Mesozoic tectonics of India ⓘ
evolution of the Gondwana supercontinent ⓘ
paleoclimate of southern Pangea ⓘ
records Late Paleozoic glaciation in India ⓘ
post-glacial coal-forming environments ⓘ
stratigraphicUnit Barakar Formation ⓘ
Barren Measures Formation ⓘ
Raniganj Formation ⓘ
Talchir Formation ⓘ
tectonicSetting intracratonic basins ⓘ
rift-related basins ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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Pranhita valley → researchSiteFor → Indian Gondwana basins ⓘ
Raniganj Formation → tectonicSetting → Gondwana rift basin ⓘ
linked to: Indian Gondwana basins
Barakar Formation → tectonicSetting → Gondwana rift basins ⓘ
linked to: Indian Gondwana basins
Gondwana Group → partOf → Gondwanan stratigraphic succession ⓘ
linked to: Indian Gondwana basins
Pranhita–Godavari basin → partOf → Gondwana basins of India ⓘ
linked to: Indian Gondwana basins