| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 234 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Part I. Description of Ophiolite Suites and the Naga Hills Ophiolite -- Introduction -- Ophiolite Around the Indian Plate Margin -- Geology of the Naga Hills Ophiolite -- Structure and Tectonics of the Naga Hills -- Petrography -- Petrogenesis -- Part II. Photomicrographs and Backscattered Electron Images -- Peridotite Tectonite -- Spinel Peridotite -- Pyroxenite -- Serpentinite -- Rodingite -- Chromitite -- Peridotite Cumulate -- Gabbro -- Plagiogranite -- Anorthosite -- Dolerite -- Mafic Volcanics -- Basaltic Hyaloclastite -- Volcaniclastics -- Very-Low Grade Metamorphics -- Greenschist -- Glaucophane Schist -- Eclogite -- Oceanic Sediments -- Cover Sediments (Jopi Formation) -- Late Tertiary Granites -- Metamorphics of the Nimi Formation |
| Summary |
The book is a thoughtful discussion with scientists studying convergent plate boundaries such as the well-known, active India-Eurasia collision zone. It provides a comprehensive collection of petrographic images of ophiolitic rocks exhumed from oceanic lithosphere and mantle at the India-Asia plate boundary. Ophiolite is exposed in the northwestern Himalayas, eastern Indian plate margin and Andaman-Nicobar Islands. At the eastern margin, it occurs in a narrow strip comprising mantle peridotite tectonite, cummulate peridotite-gabbro-plagiogranite-anorthosite, mafic dyke, volcanics and oceanic sediments. Low temperature/high pressure rocks including blueschists and eclogites were extensively studied recently. Ophiolite derived sediments and podiform chromites will also be discussed to provide complete details. Supplemental maps, geological sections, field sketches and photographs will explain the structure, stratigraphy, ore mineralization, and metamorphic history |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 3, 2014) |
| Subject |
Ophiolites.
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Petrology.
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petrology.
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NATURE -- Rocks & Minerals.
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Sciences de la terre.
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Environnement.
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Ophiolites
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Petrology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chatterjee, Nilanjan (Geochemist), author.
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Fareeduddin, author.
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| ISBN |
9788132215691 |
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8132215699 |
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