Transpression and juxtaposition of middle crust over upper crust forming a crustal scale flower structure: Insight from structural, fabric, and kinematic studies from the Rengali Province, eastern India

• Published in: Journal of structural geology Vol. 83; pp. 156 - 179
• Main Authors: Ghosh, Gautam, Bose, Sankar, Das, Kaushik, Dasgupta, Arnab, Yamamoto, Takafumi, Hayasaka, Yasutaka, Chakrabarti, Kalyan, Mukhopadhyay, Joydip
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2016
• Subjects: Crusts; Deformation; Fabrics; Flower structure; Flowers; Geological faults; India; Kinematic analysis; Marine; Monazite age; Rengali province; Shear; Shear zone; Transpression; India; Monazite age; Flower structure; Kinematic analysis; Rengali province; Transpression

Deformational, metamorphic, monazite age and fabric data from Rengali Province, eastern India converge towards a multi-scale transpressional deformational episode at ca. 498–521 Ma which is linked with the latest phase of tectonic processes operative at proto-India-Antarctica join. Detailed sector w...