Vindhyan Basin

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The Vindhyan Basin is a large Proterozoic sedimentary basin in central India known for its extensive, ancient rock formations that preserve important records of early Earth history.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lower Vindhyan Group 1
Vindhyan Basin canonical 1
Vindhyan Supergroup 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological basin
sedimentary basin
ageRange Mesoproterozoic
Neoproterozoic
boundedBy Aravalli-Delhi Orogenic Belt
linked to: Aravalli Range

Son-Narmada Lineament
contains Vindhyan Plateau
linked to: Vindhyan plateau

Vindhyan Supergroup
linked to: Vindhyan Basin
country India
depositionalEnvironmentIncludes deltaic
fluvial
shallow marine
economicResourceIncludes limestone
sandstone building stone
extendsAcross Bihar
Chhattisgarh
Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan
Uttar Pradesh
fossilContentIncludes microfossils
stromatolites
geologicalAge Proterozoic
hasGlobalSignificanceFor Precambrian geological record
early eukaryotic life studies
hasThicknessUpTo several kilometers of sedimentary strata
importantFor Proterozoic stratigraphy of India
basin evolution studies
paleoclimate reconstruction
knownFor ancient rock formations
extensive Proterozoic sedimentary sequences
records of early Earth history
lithologyIncludes limestone
sandstone
shale
locatedIn central India
namedAfter Vindhya Range
overlies Archean basement rocks
partOf Indian Shield
researchField basin analysis
paleontology
sedimentology
stratigraphy
stratigraphicUnitIncludes Lower Vindhyan Group
linked to: Vindhyan Basin

Upper Vindhyan Group
tectonicSetting intra-cratonic basin

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vindhya Range hasSedimentaryBasin Vindhyan Basin
Vindhyan Basin stratigraphicUnitIncludes Lower Vindhyan Group
linked to: Vindhyan Basin
Vindhyan Basin contains Vindhyan Supergroup
linked to: Vindhyan Basin