There are five cratons in India
1.Dharwar
2.Bastar
3.Singhbhum
4.Bundelkhand
5.Aravali
Older
Younger
ABuSBD
Archean age
DHARWAR SUPER
GROUP
Pre-Cambrian Basement rock
1.Proterozoic(Less deformed)
a.Lower purana-Vindhyansuper group
b.Upper purana-Cuddapahsuper group
----------------------EparchaeanUnconformity--------------------(2500 My)
2. Archean (H. Defromed) Younge
A Younger
Bu
S Craton
B
Dh Older (4000 My)
Lithology
1.Gneiss and granite is most abundant schist
2.Gray gneiss complex –Peninsular gneiss (>3000my) age is same but
locality is different (WDC)
3.Eastern DHARWAR craton (EDC)-Batholith (>2500my)
WDC is older than EDC
Structure in DHARWAR super group
•Most schistose rock fold Isoclinallyfolded rock ( less than 10 deg)
Dharwarsuper gp=~ Sakoligp
Ingenious Intrusion in Dharwarsuper
gp.
•1. Champion gneiss
•2. Peninsular Gneiss
•3. Charnokite
•4. ClosepetGranite
•5. Porphyry Dyke
Intrusion
Eastern DharwarSuper group
1.Kolar group (a) Champion gneiss
2.Yasuantnagarformation (b) Gold field volcanic
( c) Sanhaliformation
•The Proterozoic Delhi Supergroupoccupies three NE-SW trending linear belts
in the northeastern part of the Aravalli mountain range, where its 10 km thick
volcano-sedimentary sequence is classified into unconformity-based three
groups: the Raialo, the Alwar, and the Ajabgarh. The palaeocurrentpatterns
and palaeoenvironmentalsetting of these rocks indicate multiple
palaeoslopesand locate the provenance to the east and south.
•The interrelationship of sedimentary faciesand palaeoenvironmentsof the
Delhi Supergroupcan best be explained by an evolving intracratonicrift-basin
model, comparable to several well-studied continental rift basins. The initial
down-sag produced a N-S trending basin which received thick carbonate
faciesof the lower RaialoGroup. Associated with early rifting, conglomerate-
sandstone faciesassociation of the middle Raialodeveloped in isolated
grabens.