Seismites in the Lokapur Subgroup of the Proterozoic Kaladgi Basin, South India: A testimony to syn-sedimentary tectonism

On one hand, this is a contribution towards recognition of seismic events during the Mesoproterozoic, a period from which few seismites have been recorded. On the other hand, recognizing that the crustal processes that operated in brittle regimes during the creation of this extensional supracrustal basin around 1800 Ma were comparable to those operating in present day extensional systems opens a window of understanding how the Proterozoic platform basins hosting thick shallow marine sequences evolved.