Geology of the Cauvery Basin in South India

by Sreepat Jain (Editor), Nivedita Chakraborty (Editor)

Overview

The Cauvery Basin is one of the most widely known and geologically important basins of India, and it has been for decades, and still is, the focus of study for both national and international researchers. This book is an up-to-date multidisciplinary collection of studies addressing various aspects of the Cauvery Basin from topics on stratigraphy, sedimentation, and climatic oscillations to structure, tectonics, and a hydrocarbon perspective, to paleoecology, paleobiogeography, and paleobiota. This comprehensive synthesis with recent studies and data will immensely help postgraduate students, researchers, and industry professionals interested in the geology of the Cauvery Basin.

Features

• Offers a complete panorama of the geology of the Cauvery Basin, the first book of its kind.
• Provides a multidisciplinary approach to the Cretaceous–Paleogene geology of the Cauvery Basin.
• Emphasizes the structure, tectonics, and hydrocarbon perspective of the Cretaceous–Paleogene deposits of the Cauvery Basin.
• Includes comprehensive information on the stratigraphy, sedimentation history, and paleoclimatic conditions of the Cretaceous sequence of the Cauvery Basin.
• Introduces advanced knowledge of the paleobiogeography and biotic assemblage or flora and fauna of the Cretaceous–Paleogene succession of the Cauvery Basin.
• Is useful as a field guide with an up-to-date bibliography of the Cretaceous rocks of the Cauvery Basin.

This book serves as an insightful reference for academics, undergraduate students, and research professionals involved in geology, earth sciences, and envrionmental sciences.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040364758
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	06/30/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	438
File size:	83 MB
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About the Author

Sreepat Jain is a Professor at the Department of Applied Geology, Adama Science and Technology University, Adama, Ethiopia. With over two decades of teaching and research experience, Prof. Jain holds two doctorates, one from India and the other from the United States. Prof. Jain has been awarded the “TA Excellence in Teaching” for meritorious teaching in the United States and has also received the prestigious “Prof. S. K. Singh Memorial Gold Medal” for best research paper from the Palaeontological Society of India (India). He has authored three books, published several research articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals and serves as a reviewer for several international geoscience journals.

Nivedita Chakraborty is an Assistant Professor of Geology at West Bengal Educational Service, India. She received her Ph.D. from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Her research interests include classical sedimentology, applied sedimentology, and basin analysis. She is interested in Cretaceous marine and non-marine sedimentation patterns, and their interaction with biota. Currently, she is studying palaeodepositional changes across the Permo-Triassic boundary in Eastern India. She has worked in various Phanerozoic and Proterozoic Indian Basins and published papers in peer-reviewed journals and books. She received the Best Presentation Award in the Young Scientist Category at the 3rd IPC-2017, China. She acted as a reviewer of multiple journals and volumes published by prominent academic publishers.

Table of Contents

1. The Geology of Cauvery Basin (South India). Section 1: Stratigraphy, Sedimentation, and Climatic Oscillations. 2. A Note on the Early Cretaceous of the Cauvery Basin (South India): A Need for a Unified Scheme and Resampling. 3. Sequence Development in Relation to Sedimentation History of the Cretaceous–Miocene Cauvery Basin: A New Outlook. 4. The Geological Significance of Authigenic Green Marine Clays in the Cauvery Basin, India. 5. Albian Climate Oscillations in India (Cauvery Basin) and Madagascar: General Overview Based on Oxygen-, Carbon- and Strontium-Isotope Data. 6. Characterization of Bioherms and their Associated Facies: A Case Study from Kallankurichchi Limestone Formation, Ariyalur Group, Cauvery Basin, India. 7. Stratigraphic Lexicon of the Cretaceous Outcrops, Cauvery Basin, South India. Section 2: Structure, Tectonics, and Hydrocarbon Perspective. 8. Structure, Tectonics and Hydrocarbon Entrapment Styles of Cauvery Basin, India. 9. Tectonic History, Stratigraphy, and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Sri Lankan Sector of the Cauvery Basin: An Overview. 10. The Northward Movement of the Indian Plate and Paleobiogeography of the Late Cretaceous Ariyalur Invertebrate Fauna. Section 3: Paleoecology, Paleobiogeography, and Paleobiota. 11. Diversity and Distribution of Benthic Marine Calcareous Algae in the Cretaceous–Palaeogene Sequence of Cauvery Basin. 12. Cretaceous Belemnites and Other Coleoids of the Cauvery Basin: A Historical Review and an Annotated Checklist of Known Species. 13. Traces of Biotic Interactions on the Oysters from the Karai Formation, Cauvery Basin, South India: Paleoecological Implications. 14. A Synoptic View of Vertebrate Palaeontological Research on the Cretaceous Deposits of the Cauvery Basin, South India. 15. Short Note on the Early Cretaceous Flora of India. Section 4: Field Guide and Bibliography. 16. Field Traverses: Cretaceous Sedimentary Outcrops in the Ariyalur and Perambalur Regions of the Cauvery Basin, India. 17. A Chronological Bibliography (1840–2023) of Geological Research on the Cauvery Basin Sediments (South India). 18. Navigating the Future Research of the Cauvery Basin: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead.