Correlation of major geological units between southern India and Sri Lanka and tectonic models for East Gondwana amalgamation

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Alfred Kröner (†)
• Subject Area: Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry
• Term: from 2013 to 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 244555577

Field investigations of granulite-facies metasedimentary and granitoid assemblages in the Madurai and Trivandrum Blocks of southern India, followed by zircon dating, petrological characterisation as well as Sm-Nd and Hf-in-zircon isotopic characteristics with the aim to establish the age and petrogenesis of these rocks and compare them with similar associations in Sri Lanka. The overall purpose is to correlate major crustal units between southern India and Sri Lanka for the first time and to reconstruct the amalgamation of East Gondwana.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants
• International Connection: China, China (Hong Kong)
• Participating Persons: Professor Dr. Ernst Josef Hegner; Professor Dr. Warrier Madhava Santosh; Professor Min Sun, Ph.D.; Professor Yusheng Wan, Ph.D.; Professor Guochun Zhao, Ph.D.