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Table of Contents
Foreword
R. H. Sawkar v-v
Preface
S. K. Biswas vii-vii
Articles
Mesozoic and Tertiary Stratigraphy of Kutch* (Kachchh) – A Review
S. K. Biswas
An Updated Eocene Stratigraphy of Kutch Restricted Access
Pratul Kumar Saraswati, Sonal Khanolkar, D. S. N. Raju, Santanu Banerjee
Stratigraphy and Depositional Environment of Sediments of the
Goradongar Formation, Goradongar Range, Patcham Island, Kachchh
Jaquilin K. Josepha, Satish J. ...
This new publication of the Geological Society of India analyses the fluctuations of about 25 glaciers in the Himalayas that have undergone, especially along the snouts, over a period of time to bring out the impact of climate change. The reconstructionis based on the historical records in the form of realistic visual representation and in most of the cases actual snout monitoring. This method of study has been applied to the field of glacial geomorphology and ...
Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction to structural geology. 2. Stress and strain. 3. Folds. 4. Faults and shear zones. 5. Thrust faults. 6. Normal faults. 7. Strike slip fault systems. 8. Shear zones. 9. Joints. 10. Foliation. 11. Lineation. 12. Unconformity. 13. Determination of finite strain in rocks. 14. Balanced cross-section. 15. Deformation and metamorphism. 16. Structural Analysis. References. Author Index. Subject Index.
The volume that you hold in your hands is a rich visual celebration of India’s landforms covering the entire geological time scale ranging from the Hadean (~4600 ma) to the Recent (Holocene), using different mediums including earth-based terrestrial photography, remote sensing satellite images and time-honoured traditional topographic maps. The union of different ways of viewing the earth’s features presented in this volume creates a rare, more ...
