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Vindhyan Akinites: An Indicator of Mesoproterozoic Biospheric Evolution
A wide size range of rod-shaped, ellipsoidal akinites assignable to Archaeoellipsoides are reported from the Newari locality of the Mesoproterozoic Kheinjua Formation of the Semri Group, Vindhyan Supergroup. T...
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Trachyhystrichosphaera: An age-marker acanthomorph from the Bhander group, upper Vindhyan, Rajasthan
A highly diversified, advanced and exceptionally well preserved microfossil assemblage, dominated by a planktic community, has been recorded from petrographic thin sections of chert belonging to the Sirbu Shal...
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Morphological Changes in Microscopic–Megascopic Life and Stromatolites Recorded During Late Palaeoproterozoic–Neoproterozoic Transition: The Vindhyan Supergroup, India
The Palaeoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic era (1,700–542 Ma) is a significant time of transition, reflecting major biotic events in the evolution of life at global level. This time has been marked by the dominat...
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Is the recessional pattern of Himalayan glaciers suggestive of anthropogenically induced global warming?
Following the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report of 2001, a hype regarding the future of Himalayan glaciers, flooding of Indo-Gangetic plains and coastal areas and drying of glacially fed rivers ...
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Problematic fossils from the Palaeo-Neoproterozoic Vindhyan Supergroup, India
Fossils of the Vindhyan Supergroup exhibit extensive diversity and variable biologic affinities represented by: bacteria, cyanobacteria, algae, fungi, acritarchs, metaphytes and metazoans (including members of...
