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Prasad, V., Farooqui, A., Murthy, S., Sarate, O.S. and Bajpai, S. (2018) Palynological Assemblage from the Deccan Volcanic Province, Central India Provides Insights into Early History of Angiosperms and the Terminal Cretaceous Palaeogeography of Peninsular India. Cretaceous Research, 86, 186-198.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2018.03.004

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• TITLE: Late Cretaceous Climate of the Indian Subcontinent

  AUTHORS: Vandana Prasad

  KEYWORDS: Deccan Volcanic Province (DVP), Pollen, Spores, Plant Mega Fossils, Paleoecology

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Geology, Vol.9 No.10, September 25, 2019

  ABSTRACT: The Deccan Volcanism during the Late Cretaceous was a globally significant geological event, coinciding with the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary. The magma outpouring occurred in three phases. The flora that got preserved during the first phase (30N) was a mixed gymnosperm and angiosperm flora ranging from dry to moist forest vegetation. The second phase (29R) flora is mostly represented by pteridophytes and tropical to sub-tropical angiosperm plant families. The palynofloral records from the third phase (29N) are mostly tropical angiosperms. This floral turn-over is driven by latitudinal shifting of the Indian plate from sub-tropical to tropical zone. It is surmised that the latitudinal shifting of Indian plate during the span of 4 Ma during the Late Maastrichtian led to the development of new ecological conditions favoring successful dominance of angiosperms over gymnosperms.