Rajasthan is amongst the very few regions in the world, which have well-preserved records of a continuous geological history from the Middle Archaean to the present day. This across-the-board volume is based on the critical analyses of the voluminous and the most recent database on the protracted geological history of the terrain. Considered as the paradise of Indian geology, the region is central to the understanding of geology of the Precambrian Indian shield and Phanerozoic cover successions. The book is also amongst the most illustrative treatise on the geology of a region published in recent years. It contains 350 figures (including a large number of photographs) of which there are no fewer than 93 geological maps of the key regions. Besides, the book contains the most recently revised large-sized coloured geological map of the State of Rajasthan.
Contents: Preface. 1. Physical geology. 2. Geophysics of the crust of Rajasthan. 3. Geological framework. 4. Basement rocks: Age, evolution and reconstitution. 5. Palaeoproterozoic : Aravalli fold belts. 6. Mesoproterozoic Delhi fold belts. 7. Meso-neoproterozoic cratonic basins : Vindhyan supergroup. 8. Neoproterozoic geology of Western Rajasthan. 9. Phanerozoic stratigraphy (palaeozoic to tertiary). 10. Mesozoic-cenozoic magmatsm in Rajasthan. 11. Quaternary geology and neotectonism. 12. Geological history of Rajasthan. References. Subject index.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR A.B. Roy
A. B. Roy, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Jadavpur University), Retired Professor of Geology, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, is working as the Senior Scientist of the Indian National Science Academy. Earlier, he was engaged in research as an Emeritus Fellow of the All India, Council of Technical Education. He worked on different aspects of Geology of Rajasthan for over 3 decades. He was elected Fellow of the Indian Science Academy in 1989, and of the Indian National Science Academy in 1990. He is recipient of National Mineral Award in 1993. He was awarded a gold medal in 1998 by the Directorate of Mines and Geology, Government of Rajasthan, for his contributions to the mineral sector development in Rajasthan. Professor Roy received Bellur Rama Rao Centenary Award (2000), which is the highest award bestowed by the Geological Society of India for his lifetime contributions in the field of Precambrian geology. He has over 80 publications to his credit including research papers, book reviews and edited voluems.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Surja Ram Jakhar
Surja Ram Jakhar, M.Sc. (Rajasthan University) Ph.D. (Mohanlal Sukhadia University) is serving as Assistant Professor in Department of Geology, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, for the last one decade. He has made significant contributions in the filed of micropaleontology and stratigraphy of Middle Phanerozoic rocks of the Kachchh region of Gujarat. Presently he is engaged in the study of ostracodes for determining palaezoogeography and correlation of the Jurassic rocks of western India and its neighbouring Gondwana landmasses. Dr. Jakhar has ten publications to his credit in national and international journals.
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