A Petrographic Atlas of Ophiolite An example from the eastern India-Asia collision zone /

• Main Authors: Ghose, Naresh Chandra (Author), Chatterjee, Nilanjan (Author), Fareeduddin, (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geochemistry.; Economic geology.; Structural geology.; Mineralogy.; Oceanography.; Earth Sciences.; Structural Geology.; Economic Geology.; Earth Sciences, general.

The book is a thoughtful discussion with scientists studying convergent plate boundaries such as the well-known, active India-Eurasia collision zone. It provides a comprehensive collection of petrographic images of ophiolitic rocks exhumed from oceanic lithosphere and mantle at the India-Asia plate...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Ophiolite around the Indian Plate Margin
• Geology of the Naga Hills Ophiolite
• Structure and Tectonics of the Naga Hills
• Petrography
• Petrogenesis.