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@article{193605,
        author = {Mr. Rohit S. Ahire},
        title = {Paleogeological Evolution of the Kutch Rift Basin, Western India: Stratigraphic, Structural and Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {10},
        pages = {8308-8310},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=193605},
        abstract = {The Kutch Basin of western India represents a pericratonic rift basin formed during the Late Triassic breakup of Gondwanaland. It preserves a thick Mesozoic–Cenozoic sedimentary succession overlain by Deccan Trap volcanics, offering a significant archive for paleogeological reconstruction. This study integrates stratigraphic succession, lithological characteristics, fossil assemblages, structural framework, and tectonic evolution to reconstruct the paleoenvironmental history of the basin. Jurassic formations indicate shallow marine to sub-littoral conditions marked by politic limestones, fossiliferous sandstones, corals, and ammonites. A shift to fluvio-deltaic and marginal marine environments during the Cretaceous reflects regression and basin reorganization prior to Deccan volcanism. Major E–W trending faults such as the Kutch Mainland Fault controlled sedimentation patterns, basin subsidence, and later inversion tectonics. The basin evolved through rifting, inversion, strike-slip reactivation, and magmatic intrusion phases. The integrated analysis suggests that the Kutch Basin records the transition from a marine rift setting to an inverted tectonic basin influenced by Indian plate dynamics. The study highlights its importance in understanding Tethyan paleogeography and intraplate tectonics of western India.},
        keywords = {Kutch Basin, Paleogeology, Rift Basin, Jurassic Stratigraphy, Tethyan Sea, Basin Inversion, Deccan Trap, Marine Transgression.},
        month = {March},
        }