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India separated from Madagascar 100 million years in the past

<p>Mumbai: The Saurashtra Basin, which stretches from the coastal space of ​​western Gujarat to the north of Mumbai, was shaped about 100 million years in the past when India separated from Madagascar. This data is on the market from the findings of a current examine. This examine of the sediments of the Saurashtra Basin is [&hellip;]</p>

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1 August 2024
India separated from Madagascar 100 million years in the past

India separated from Madagascar 100 million years in the past

Mumbai: The Saurashtra Basin, which stretches from the coastal space of ​​western Gujarat to the north of Mumbai, was shaped about 100 million years in the past when India separated from Madagascar. This data is on the market from the findings of a current examine.

This examine of the sediments of the Saurashtra Basin is being accomplished by the Indian Institute of Expertise (IIT) Bombay in collaboration with the Nationwide Middle for Earth Science Research (NCESS) in Thiruvananthapuram. The purpose of this examine is to get details about the paleogeography of this area. Paleogeography is a technique of research that tells us how elements of the Earth seemed previously.

The purpose of the examine is to enhance the understanding of the geological historical past of this area. Together with this, extra data is to be gathered concerning the minerals of the basin. The Saurashtra Basin is on the coast of western Gujarat and north of Mumbai. It’s unfold over 2,40,000 sq. kilometers, together with each sea and land.

The examine says that a lot of the land right here is buried in volcanic rocks referred to as Deccan Lure. It’s believed that they had been shaped by volcanic eruptions within the Western Ghats through the Cretaceous interval, 66 million years in the past. There isn’t any doubt that the volcanic ash and sediments beneath the rocks cover the journey of the Indian subcontinent over millennia.

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