Amit Vikram (Banaras Hindu University)
Hi everyone.
I thought of sharing something that all of you must know. It's a matter of great pride and privilege that within the geographical boundaries of our country lies a place called the Salkhan Fossil Park. As part of our 2nd year B.Sc. field work, we paid a visit to this site to study fossil stromatolites.
It's a large area inside the Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The preservation is really exceptional and it is now internationally recognized as one of the best preserved sites to study algal stromatolites. About 1400 million years old, belonging to the Proterozoic Eon, they occur as rings on the rocks telling a story back in time.
And to add to all this, this park is 3 times larger than the Yellowstone National Park! Now, that is something...
Blogger's note:
It does seem an interesting location. The link to the site where its location and accessibility are mentioned is: http://www.easternuptourism.com/Salkhan-Fossils-Park.jsp.
Spread the word. There's an exclusive park for geologists.
Hi everyone.
I thought of sharing something that all of you must know. It's a matter of great pride and privilege that within the geographical boundaries of our country lies a place called the Salkhan Fossil Park. As part of our 2nd year B.Sc. field work, we paid a visit to this site to study fossil stromatolites.
It's a large area inside the Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The preservation is really exceptional and it is now internationally recognized as one of the best preserved sites to study algal stromatolites. About 1400 million years old, belonging to the Proterozoic Eon, they occur as rings on the rocks telling a story back in time.
And to add to all this, this park is 3 times larger than the Yellowstone National Park! Now, that is something...
Blogger's note:
It does seem an interesting location. The link to the site where its location and accessibility are mentioned is: http://www.easternuptourism.com/Salkhan-Fossils-Park.jsp.
Spread the word. There's an exclusive park for geologists.
Unfortunately, I haven't been to this place (I wish I had). To be honest, I hadn't even heard of it before. But, I had the fortune to visit a similar park during my time in Glasgow. Called the Fossil Grove, it contains the fossilized stumps of eleven extinct Carboniferous trees. These were discovered accidently and have since been excavated from the surrounding shale and sandstone.
ReplyDeleteFor further info : http://www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/member/fossil-grove