An Eocene Greenhouse Forested India: Were Biotic Radiations Triggered by Early Palaeogene Thermal Events?
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| Title: | An Eocene Greenhouse Forested India: Were Biotic Radiations Triggered by Early Palaeogene Thermal Events? |
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| Authors: | Sahni, A.1 (AUTHOR) ashok.sahni@gmail.com, Patnaik, R.1 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Journal of the Geological Society of India. Jun2022, Vol. 98 Issue 6, p753-759. 7p. |
| Subject Terms: | *Paleogene, *Lignite, *Radiation, *Biotic communities, *Cosmopolitanism, *Greenhouses, *Eocene Epoch, *Forested wetlands |
| Geographic Terms: | Madagascar, India |
| Abstract: | During the last two decades, work carried out in the Eocene lignite sequences of Rajasthan and Gujarat has thrown considerable light on the terrestrial biotas during the drift of India and radically changed concepts regarding how the Indian plate was populated, the issues of cosmopolitanism and endemism, and the nature of the mixed sal-dominated forested community that supported a diverse mammalian fauna. While Madagascar and Australia, India's erstwhile Gondwanan neighbours, supported highly endemic faunas, the biota of India shows strong affinities with Africa, Madagascar, Europe, and North America. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Database: | Energy & Power Source |
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