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04/04/22 15:07 PM IST

Geological Heritage Sites

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  • Geological Survey of India (GSI) has identified two geological heritage sites in the Indian Himalayan Region of India.
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  • Siwalik Fossil Park
  • Stromatolite bearing Dolomite /Limestone of Buxa Formation
About Sites 
  • The Siwalik Fossil park displays a rich collection of vertebrate fossils recovered from the Siwalik rocks of the area of Plio-Pleistocene age. The deposition of Siwalik sediments took place in the narrow linear depression, called the 'fore deep', which started developing in front of the Himalayas since the inception of its uplift in the middle Miocene.
  • The Geoheritage site at Mamley exposes lithounits of Buxa Formation, Daling Group of Proterozoic age. The dolostones are profusely stromatolitic (Precambrian algal structures). This site provides one of the rare examples of early life in Sikkim Himalaya.
Source-PIB 

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