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This book describes the microbiota of the intertrappean beds in the Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh, India. In this work, special emphasis is placed on the microbiota from the Late Cretaceous-Early Palaeocene transition of the central Narmada River region. Recently, the intertrappean beds of the Eastern Deccan Volcanic Province (one of the subprovinces of the Deccan Volcanic Province) have received considerable attention, which resulted in the addition of some significant biotic assemblages to the existing record from the Dindori-Chhindwara area of the province. The biotic assemblages include charophytes, ostracods, foraminiferans, fishes, frogs, lizards, turtles, crocodiles, and mammals. In spite of the recent discoveries, the known fossil record of the Late Cretaceous-Early Palaeocene biota of India is not sufficient and thus does not permit us to speculate on the possible impact of environmental changes triggered by the Deccan volcanic lava flows on the contemporary biota and to precisely document their palaeoecologic, palaeoenvironmental and palaeobiogeographic implications. The recent biotic reports from the intertrappean beds exposed in the Chhindwara region of the Eastern Deccan Volcanic Province clearly indicate that these beds have a vast potential in terms of fossil content, which could reveal new and dissimilar biotic remains when compared to the Western Deccan Volcanic Province. The record of diverse accumulations of freshwater charophytes, brackish to freshwater ostracods, and planktic foraminiferal and fish assemblages from the intertrappean beds of Jhilmili and adjacent areas of Early Danian (P1a) age and lying just north of Chhindwara town and in the heart of peninsular India has intriguing implications for defining the age limits of the basaltic flows. The occurrence of non-marine taxa, for example, algae, molluscs, and vertebrates, associated with brackish water ostracods in the nearby Singpur and Mohgaon Kalan localities of the Chhindwara region, has also raised concerns about the sedimentary environments of these intertrappean beds. The new finds (presented in this book) prove useful for the better understanding of the palaeoecology and palaeoenvironment of the biota and also throw light on various paleobiogeographic models proposed for the northward drifting Indian plate. The microbiotic assemblages of the intertrappean beds of the eastern Deccan volcanic province at District Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh are documented in this book. The microbiota of the central Narmada River region, the charophytes, ostracods, planktic foraminifera, and fishes, receive special attention in this study.

Deccan traps. --- Microorganisms --- Micropaleontology. --- Micropaleontology --- Paleontology --- Germs --- Micro-organisms --- Microbes --- Microscopic organisms --- Organisms --- Microbiology --- Deccan basalts --- Deccan flood basalts --- Traps, Deccan --- Flood basalts --- Paleoecology. --- Paleontology. --- Bioinformatics. --- Archaeology. --- Earth sciences. --- Computational and Systems Biology. --- Earth Sciences. --- Geosciences --- Environmental sciences --- Physical sciences --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Bio-informatics --- Biological informatics --- Biology --- Information science --- Computational biology --- Systems biology --- Fossilogy --- Fossilology --- Palaeontology --- Paleontology, Zoological --- Paleozoology --- Historical geology --- Zoology --- Fossils --- Prehistoric animals in motion pictures --- Palaeoecology --- Ecology --- Paleobiology --- Data processing

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Dating and geochemical analyses of detrital minerals (mainly zircons) combined with traditional methods, such as heavy minerals and sandstone modes, are a powerful tool in paleogeographic and paleotectonic research and industrial applications.

Research & information: general --- detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology --- bulk geochemistry --- provenance --- tectonic setting --- West Bogeda Shan --- U-Pb geochronology --- detrital zircon --- source-to-sink --- provenance analysis --- mixing model --- sediment budgeting --- east China seas --- Pennsylvanian --- Sino-Korean Block --- detrital zircons --- U–Pb ages --- subduction zones --- U–Pb dating --- sandstone petrography --- peripheral bulge --- tectonics --- zircon U-Pb ages --- muscovite 40Ar/39Ar ages --- sediment provenance --- Yangtze River --- detrital-zircon age spectrum --- Ereendavaa terrane --- Mongol-Okhotsk orogenic belt --- opening of the Mongol-Okhotsk ocean --- northeastern Mongolia --- Lu-Hf isotopes --- early Miocene --- Yinggehai-Song Hong Basin --- South China Sea --- stratigraphic thicknesses --- net sand to gross thickness ratio --- conglomerate percentage --- heavy mineral analysis --- detrital zircon U‒Pb geochronology --- Intermontane basin --- Mongolia --- laser ablation U-Pb dating --- Hafnium isotope-ratio --- terrane definition --- paleotectonic reconstruction --- Western Andes --- Miocene --- Silante Formation --- Ecuador --- compositional heterogeneity --- major element --- nonmarine basin --- gejiu basalts --- zircon U–Pb dating --- geochemistry --- Sr–Nd–Pb isotope --- petrogenesis --- Cameroon --- Meiganga --- gold placer --- trace element --- geochronology --- Archean-Proterozoic origins --- zircon crystal morphology --- zircon textures --- zircon trace elements --- alteration of zircon --- REE in zircon --- rare metal granites --- Li-F granites --- Western Hercynian Meseta --- Permian basin --- Tiddas Souk Es-Sebt des ait ikko volcanic basin --- U–Pb geochronology --- mineralogy --- petrology --- n/a --- U-Pb ages --- U-Pb dating --- zircon U-Pb dating --- Sr-Nd-Pb isotope