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Major Geological Formations of the Peninsular India (about 3600 million years ago)


The plateau of Peninsular India exhibits a complex system of geological .structures. It has some of the oldest rocks of the world from the Precambrian period (Archaean) and the youngest rocks of the Holocene epoch (Quaternary/Recent period). The major rock systems found in the Peninsular India have been described briefly in the following section:



 

1. The Archaean Group2. The Dharwar System3. The Cuddapah System4. The Vindhyan System5. Gondwana System6. The Deccan Trap7. The Tertiary System8. The Pleistocene Period

  

 

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