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Introduction
Evolution Of Earth During Precambrian
Precambrian Terrains Of India
The Important Fossils In The Krol Formation
Paleogeography A Break-Up of the Late Proterozoic supercontinent
Stratigraphy of the Birmania Basin,Rajasthan, India: Implications
for the Vendian-Cambrian Transition
Precambrian Cambrian Boundary
Conclusion
References
The Precambrian is an informal name for the span of time
before the current Phanerozoic Eon, and is divided into several
eons of the geologic time scale.
It spans from the formation of Earth around 4600 Ma (million
years ago) to the beginning of the Cambrian Period, when
macroscopic hard-shelled animals first appeared in abundance
about 542 Ma.
The Precambrian is so named because it precedes the
Cambrian, the first period of the Phanerozoic Eon, which is
named after the Roman name for Wales, Cambrian, where rocks
from this age were first studied.
In the Indian shield area precambrian rocks are widely
distributed in Assam, Karnataka, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh,
Rajasthan, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and
Central Himalayan terrain.
• about 4.6 billion years ago
Lahaul-Spiti
According to Gupta and Kumar the precambrian rocks are widely distributed in
different parts of Lahaul and Spiti
These are overlain by the unfossiliferous and fossiliferous strata of cambrian age
has been recorded near Kunzam pass,Pin river and Prahio river section.
The deposits in Spiti are known as Haimanta system and they consist of Slates,
micaceous quartzite and dolomitic limestones.
Very little is known about the Precambrian, despite it making up
roughly seven-eighths of the Earth's history, and what little is known
has largely been discovered in the past fifty years.
The Precambrian fossil record is poor, and those fossils present
(e.g. stromatolites) are of limited biostratigraphic use.
Many Precambrian rocks are heavily metamorphosed, obscuring
their origins, while others have either been destroyed by erosion, or
remain deeply buried beneath Phanerozoic strata.
A considerable area of peninsular India, the Indian Shield, consists
of Archean gneisses and schists which are the oldest rocks found in
India.
The Precambrian rocks of India have been classified into two
systems, namely the Dharwar system and the Archaean system.
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C.S. Pichamuthu (1985). Archean geology. Oxford&IBH
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A.M. Goodwin (1996). Principles of Precambrian geology,
Academic Press, London. Page No: 327-350.
B.P.Radhakrishna & R.Vaidhyanadhan(1997). Geology Of
Karnataka. Geological Society Of India,Bangalore. Page No:
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