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A billion-year-old rift and an ancient sea created the modern landscape of the Chhattisgarh Basin in Central India

Research Matters Staff Writer(s) Kolkata 31 Aug 2026 Beneath the soil of central India lies a geological record of a time before plants, animals, or even the familiar shapes of our modern continents…

  • Chhattisgarh Basin in Central India formed from 1.4 billion-year-old rift
  • Chandarpur Group rocks reveal Mesoproterozoic era environmental changes
  • Passive-margin basin evolved into Kansapathar sandstone coastline

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