Journal of Geological Society of India

(A) General tectonic map of peninsular India (modified after Kumar et al., 2019) showing the distribution of Archaean cratons and Proterozoic mobile belts. ADFB = Aravalli Delhi Fold Belt; AC = Aravalli Craton; BGC = Banded Gneiss Complex; BuC = Bundelkhand Craton; SC = Singhbhum Craton; BC = Bastar Craton; EDC = Eastern Dharwar Craton; WDC = Western Dharwar Craton; CITZ = Central Indian Tectonic Zone; CGC = Chotanagpur Gneissic Complex; SPGC = Shillong Plateau Gneissic Complex; EGMB = Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt; SIG = South Indian Granulite terrain; HOB = Himalayan Orogenic Belt; DV = Deccan Volcanics; 1 = Mahandi Rift; 2 = Godavari Rift; 3 = Closepet Granite. (B) Geological map of Aravalli–Delhi Fold Belt (modified after Roy and Jhakar, 2002), NW India showing Archaean and Proterozoic age litho-units and shear zones transecting them. Ages shown in the map are from the following references 1: Kaur et al. (2007), 2: Kaur et al. (2009); 3: Kaur et al. (2011); 4: Kaur et al. (2017); 5: Kaur et al. (2011); 6: Kaur et al. (2013); 7: Kaur et al. (2016), 8: Kumar et al. (2019); 9: Prakash et al. (2018a); 11: Dey et al. (2019); 12: D’Souza et al. (2019); 13: Wiedenbeck et al. (1996); 14: Gopalan et al. (1990); 15: Kaur et al. (2019); 16: Kaur et al. (2021); 17: Wang et al. (2017); 19: Prakash et al. (2018b). Abbreviations used in the map are: (1) PSZ = Phulad Shear Zone; (2) KSZ = Kaliguman Shear Zone; (3) RDSZ = Rakhdev Shear Zone; (4) DSZ = Delwara Shear Zone; (4) JSZ = Jahazpur Shear Zone; (5) GBSZ = Great Boundary Shear Zone, AKSZ = Agucha-Kekri Shear Zone, NDFB = North Delhi Fold Belt, SDFB = South Delhi Fold Belt, BKSK = Balaram-Kui-Surpagla-Kengora.