Study on Paleomagnetism and Plate Tectonics of Indian Plate

  • HIROKA, Kimio (Principal Investigator)
  • BANDYOPADHYAY, Satyen (Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha))
  • TAKIGAMI, Yutaka (Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha))
  • 酒井, 英男 (Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha))

Project Details

Abstract

As the result of field sampling, we obtained 501 oriented paleomagnetic samples from 56 sites. Rock kinds of the samples are sandstone, siltstone, limestone, dolomite, basalt, dolerite dyke, granite, pegmatite, migmatite, gneissose granite, khondalite, chernockite, quatzite, schist and phillite.
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date1991/01/01 → 1991/12/31

Funding

  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science: ¥4,000,000.00

Keywords

  • paleoposition of the Indian Peninsula
  • paleomagnetism at the Godavari and the Mahanadi Grabens
  • Gondwana sediments

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