Indian Gondwana basins

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The Indian Gondwana basins are a series of continental sedimentary basins in peninsular India renowned for their extensive Permian–Mesozoic coal-bearing strata, fossil assemblages, and insights into the geological evolution of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coal-bearing basin
geological province
sedimentary basin system
boundedBy fault-controlled margins
contains Glossopteris flora fossils
Gondwana Supergroup sediments
glacial and glaciofluvial deposits
trace fossils
vertebrate fossils
country India
depositionalEnvironment continental
fluvial
lacustrine
economicImportance major coal resources of India
source of coking coal in eastern India
source of power-grade coal
geologicalAge Cretaceous
Jurassic
Permian
linked to: Permian Period

Triassic
knownFor continental clastic sedimentary successions
extensive coal-bearing strata
records of Gondwana breakup
rich fossil assemblages
lithology coal seams
conglomerate
sandstone
shale
locatedIn Peninsular India
majorBasin Damodar Valley basin
Jharia basin
linked to: Jharia coalfield

North Karanpura basin
Pranhita–Godavari basin
Raniganj basin
linked to: Raniganj coalfield

Satpura basin
linked to: Satpura region

Son–Mahanadi basin
South Rewa basin
Talchir basin
Wardha valley basin
linked to: Wardha Valley
partOf Gondwana Supergroup
linked to: Gondwana Group
providesInsightInto Permian–Mesozoic tectonics of India
evolution of the Gondwana supercontinent
paleoclimate of southern Pangea
records Late Paleozoic glaciation in India
post-glacial coal-forming environments
stratigraphicUnit Barakar Formation
Barren Measures Formation
Raniganj Formation
Talchir Formation
tectonicSetting intracratonic basins
rift-related basins

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Pranhita valley researchSiteFor Indian Gondwana basins
Raniganj Formation tectonicSetting Gondwana rift basin
linked to: Indian Gondwana basins
Barakar Formation tectonicSetting Gondwana rift basins
linked to: Indian Gondwana basins
Gondwana Group partOf Gondwanan stratigraphic succession
linked to: Indian Gondwana basins
Pranhita–Godavari basin partOf Gondwana basins of India
linked to: Indian Gondwana basins