| Title | Neoproterozoic-Early Cambrian isotopic variation and chemostratigraphy of the Lesser Himalaya, India, eastern Gondwana |
| Author | Tewari, V.C.; Sial, A.N. |
| Author Affil | Tewari, V.C., Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India. Other: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil; Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil |
| Source | Precambrian chemostratigraphy, A.J. Kaufman, A. Nobrega Sial and V.P. Ferreira. Chemical Geology, 237(1-2), p.64-88, . Publisher: Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands. ISSN: 0009-2541 |
| Publication Date | Feb. 15, 2007 |
| Notes | In English. 55 refs. GeoRef Acc. No: 287513 |
| Index Terms | Himalayas--Lesser; India--Uttaranchal; Arthropoda; Asia; biogenic structures; Blaini Formation; C-13/C-12; Cambrian; carbon; carbonate rocks; chemostratigraphy; continental breakup; correlation; cyanobacteria; dolostone; Gangolihat Formation; geochemistry; global; Gondwana; Himalayas; India; Indian Peninsula; Invertebrata; isotope ratios; isotopes; Krol Formation; Lesser Himalayas; Lower Cambrian; Nagthat Formation; Neoproterozoic; O-18/O-16; oxygen; paleogeography; Paleozoic; Precambrian; Proterozoic; Rodinia; sedimentary rocks; sedimentary structures; stable isotopes; stratigraphic boundary; stromatolites; Tal Formation; Trilobita; Trilobitomorpha; upper Precambrian; Uttaranchal India |
| Abstract | The Rodinia supercontinent had fragmented by 750 Ma and East Gondwana (India, Australia and Antarctica) separated from West Laurentia. Baltica, Africa and South America occupied other side of the Rodinia. Neoproterozoic rifting, breakup of Rodinia low latitude glaciation and global warming events have been recorded from the Lesser Himalaya of India. Chemostratigraphy of the Blaini-Krol-Tal succession indicates Precambrian-Cambrian transition lies in the Lower Tal Formation (delta 13C=-4ppm PDB). The Krol belt in the Lesser Himalaya is characterized by positive delta 13C values (+1 to 6ppm PDB). The appearance of multicelluler Ediacaran life in the Upper Krol is consistent with hypothesis that increase in atmospheric oxygen played a major role in metazoan evolution and Cambrian diversification of life on Earth. The base of the Terminal Proterozoic System in the Lesser Himalaya is established in the Blaini Formation. The pink cap carbonate of the Blaini Formation shows negative delta 13C value (-3ppm PDB) and this Blainian glaciation is correlated with Marinoan glacial event other regions of the Eastern Gondwana and South China, parts of Siberia and North Africa. Neoproterozic-Early Cambrian chemostratigraphy in the Lesser Himalaya is consistent in the isotopic variation where there is carbon isotopic similarity between Neoproterozoic Bambui Group in Central Brazil, South America and the Krol Formation of the Lesser Himalaya, India. In the northeastern Lesser Himalaya, India the Neoproterozoic sedimentary succession shows well developed carbonate the Buxa Dolomite shows significantly positive C- isotope ratios (delta 13C=+3.7 to +5.4ppm PDB). The O-isotopic data also shows remarkable consistency with the delta 18O values fluctuating within a narrow range between -8.9 and -7.2ppm VPDB. These isotopic results from the Eastern Lesser Himalaya correspond to the Terminal Proterozoic C- isotopic evolution, followed by oscillations during the Precambrian-Cambrian transition in the Lesser Himalaya in Eastern Gondwana. |
| URL | http://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.06.015 |
| Publication Type | journal article |
| Record ID | 84719 |