Ancient undersea formation and the Vanishing Geo Heritage site- Bhojunda Stromatolite Park

Bhojunda Stromatolite Park is located near Bhojunda village which is about 6 km south-west of Chittaurgarh city in Rajasthan, India. It is spread across 8 acres on either side of…

Geoheritage site-The Great Boundary Fault, Bundi, Rajasthan

The great boundary fault is a major tectonic lineament in the south-eastern Rajasthan along the Bundi-Sawaimadhopur hills. It separates the Aravalli and the Vindhyan. It is extended over Chittorgarh in the south, Bundi and Sawai Madhopur (Machilpur) in the north.

Eparchaean Unconformity: The 500 Million Year Mystery in Time Scale

The Eparchaean Unconformity is a major discontinuity of stratigraphic succession in the Tirupati-Tirumala Ghat road, which represents a period of remarkable gap in the geological history of the Earth. 

A forgotten Gossan-rich monument in India-The Rajpur-Dariba Mineralised belt

Gossan National Geological Monument at Rajpura-Dariba in Rajasthan has a unique and rich ‘gossan’ found nowhere else in the world. This has a 4.5 km long and 2-40 m thick…

Amazing Inter-trappean beds of Rajmahal Formation, upper Gondwana Fossil park

Inter-trappean beds of the Rajmahal Formation of Upper Gondwana are located in Sahibganj, Jharkhand covering an area of nearly 4300 Sq.km. comprises a series of the volcanic lava flow of…

The World’s Only Floating National Park- ‘Keibullamjao and Loktak lake’

LOKTAK LAKE, Manipur LOKTAK LAKE is located in northeast India’s Manipur state. It is about 40 km from the State capital Imphal, in the Bishnupur district. Loktak lake is recharged…

The Magnificent “Welded Tuff” Geoheritage Site in the Jodhpur Fort area

jodhpur Welded Tuff is located in the JodhpurFort hill area, occurs within the terrace-like weathered Malani volcanic. The welded tuff is a form of emanations, that spurted out from volcanic…

The Dhala impact structure, Bundelkhand craton, Central India, the largest & oldest crater in Asia

Dhala crater is an impact structure formed by an asteroid impact. It is situated in the eastern fringe of dhala village in Shivpuri district Madhya Pradesh. It is recorded as…

Geological Wonder Of Odisha-“Nomira Pillow Lava”

Pillow Lava in the Iron ore belt, Nomira, Keonjhar District, Orissa is an exposure of well-preserved pillow. Individual pillows are roughly ellipsoidal and closely packed. The basic lava is fine…

National geological monument and Stromatolite Park, Mamley, Sikkim-Geotourism

The stromatolite fossil park at Mamley in South Sikkim is a famous site for future geotourism in the Sikkim State. The Namchi Stromatolite park in NE India has Beautiful stromatolitic…