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Journal Article
Journal: Palynology
Published: 01 December 2013
Palynology (2013) 37 (2): 298–315.
... matter. In the Nand-Dongargaon (N-D) Basin, the Deccan volcanic sequences (DVS) and associated intertrappean sedimentary beds overlie Maastrichtian Lameta sediments. The DVS in the basin is designated as the Sahyadri Group with the Ajanta, Chikhli, Karanja and Ritpur formations in ascending order...
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Journal Article
Published: 01 July 2018
Jour. Geol. Soc. India (2018) 92 (1): 120–121.
... Society of India 2018 Geological Society of India ‘ Structures that form during the cooling and solidification of flood basalt lavas’ (Chapter 5, 56 photographs) includes mainly the columnar jointing in different styles of formation and preservation from the simple, well developed...
Journal Article
Published: 01 September 2021
Geological Magazine (2021) 158 (9): b1–b2.
... Schist Belt granitoids, eastern india natural fractures in tight gas sandstones: a case Tuhin Chakraborty 1657 1670 study of the Upper Triassic Xujiahe Formation in 1543 1560 Xinchang gas field, Western Sichuan Basin, china U Pb and Hf isotope study of detrital zircon and Yunzhao Zhang, Lianbo Zeng...
Journal Article
Published: 01 January 2024
Jour. Geol. Soc. India (2024) 100 (1): 147–148.
... of geological formations: the columnar joints in basalt at Kolhapur; the cliffs in Mahabaleshwar; the volcanic ash deposits in Pune; the natural arch at Aneghat, Ahmed Nagar; and the well-known caves of Ajanta, Elephanta, and Gilbert Hill. Prof. Mude discussed reserve forests, the tectonically active Ramtek...
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Journal Article
Published: 01 January 2018
Jour. Geol. Soc. India (2018) 91 (1): 47–56.
... Eocene age of Sahyadri Group. The entire lava flow has been separated into three formations viz. Salher Formation, Lower Ratangarh Formation and Upper Ratangarh Formation in ascending order of the Sahyadri group. The lower most, Salher Formation, is conspicuously dominant in the lower reaches and mainly...
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Series: Special Publication
Published: 01 January 2013
DOI: 10.17491/cgsi/2013/63312
EISBN: 978-93-80998-61-9
... (N-D) Basin of Maharashtra, Chhindwara area of Madhya Pradesh and Saurashtra of western India was carried out. The Deccan Volcanic Sequence (DVS) in N-D Basin is designated as Sahyadri Group, having Ajanta, Chikhli, Karanja and Ritpur formations in ascending stratigraphic order (GSI, 2000a...
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Journal Article
Published: 01 March 1991
Jour. Geol. Soc. India (1991) 37 (3): 211–220.
...Ravi Shanker Abstract Son-Narbada-Tapti (Sonata) lineament zone - a remarkable megatectonic feature - stradling across Indian Peninsula is a major structural zone, lying between Malwa-Vindhyan Plateau and Ajanta-Buldana-Bastar-Chota Nagpur Plateus, bounded by well defined fault features...
Journal Article
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Published: 18 June 2019
GSA Bulletin (2020) 132 (3-4): 588–607.
..., 1988 ). Although Geological Survey of India (2001) did not elaborate upon the mutual correlations among these groups, some indicators are available. For example, the Ajanta Formation (Satpura Group) and Karla Formation (Sahyadri Group) are constituted of welded lobate (= compound in GSI terminology...
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Journal Article
Published: 01 June 2015
Jour. Geol. Soc. India (2015) 85 (6): 673–685.
... to rolling plateau plains, and (iv) Ajanta hill range ( Kale, 2009 ). Melghat hills and Gawailgarh hills in the northern part of the basin represent a continuous hill range of basaltic rock, narrow valleys and steep escarpment topography of the Satpura hill range. The central part of the basin is represented...
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Journal Article
Published: 01 December 2024
Jour. Geol. Soc. India (2024) 100 (12): 1685–1700.
... to as the Ajanta Ranges ( Fig.1a ), but the ridge lines between various river valleys of tributaries of the Godavari River which drain it have local names like the Galna and Satmala ranges ( Fig.2c ). Fig. 2 Topographic profiles (with indicative locations of the major regional fault / shear-zone...
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Journal Article
Published: 22 March 2021
Geological Magazine (2021) 158 (9): 1585–1599.
...Deepak C. Srivastava; Ajanta Goswami; Amit Sahay Abstract Delimiting the Aravalli mountain range in the east, the Great Boundary Fault (GBF) occurs as a crustal-scale tectonic lineament in the NW Indian Shield. The structural and tectonic characteristics of the GBF are, as yet, not well-understood...
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Journal Article
Published: 01 November 2019
The Journal of Geology (2019) 127 (6): 593–610.
... . The peripheral part is mostly basalt of the Deccan Traps, whereas the central 6522-km 2 area is composed of alluvial sediments deposited by the river and its tributaries (Kale 2009 ). Broadly, the Satpura Hills form the northern boundary of the alluvial basin, whereas the Ajanta Hills and low-lying plains mark...
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Vinod K. Sharma
Series: Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Published: 21 October 2020
DOI: 10.1144/SP486-2017-151
EISBN: 9781786204868
... resources that occur in diverse geological formations of different geological systems across the Indian subcontinent. The formations contain a variety of stone, with colours and textures produced by varied geological processes thus providing a storehouse of diverse stone resources. This paper outlines four...
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Journal Article
Published: 01 September 2020
Jour. Geol. Soc. India (2020) 96 (3): 253–264.
... towards the downstream of Dedtalai stream gauging station. Also, rocky formations like granite-gneiss, quartz mica schists and sandstone deposits are present in minor quantities especially in the north-eastern part of the catchment near Betul region. A major part of the Purna sub-catchment is covered...
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Book Chapter

Published: 01 January 2010
DOI: 10.17491/bgsi.2010.9865.04
EISBN: 978-93-80998-65-7
..., the stratigraphy of the WDP continues uninterruptedly with the prominent GPB marker overlying Kalsubai Subgroup (Ratangad Formation). In the Ajanta Hills, compound flows corresponding to the top of Kalsubai Subgroup are well exposed. Sinuous lava channels in the area indicate the typical mode of propagation...
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Journal Article
Published: 01 July 2020
Jour. Geol. Soc. India (2020) 96 (1): 9–35.
... of the world. Its formation has been linked to the foundering of the Gondwanaland and Greater India's northward drift, passing over the Reunion plume and eruption of over a million km 3 of lava that apparently led to a mass extinction of global proportions. The DVP has thus been a major domain of scientific...
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Series: Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Published: 31 March 2023
DOI: 10.1144/SP515-2020-206
EISBN: 9781786205872
... occupations in relation to possibly multiple Homo sapiens dispersals into India (e.g. Sali 1989 b ). Originating from the Betul Plateau in Central India (at an elevation of 730 m above mean sea-level) and flowing through the valley between Ajanta Hill ranges in the south and Satpura Hill ranges...
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Series: GSA Special Papers
Published: 21 June 2022
DOI: 10.1130/2022.2557(22)
EISBN: 9780813795577
..., in Ma). Other ages and references therein are from Mahoney et al. (2002) ; Sheth (2005) ; and Torsvik et al. (2013) . ODP—Ocean Drilling Program. Figure 2. A spatial map for surface extent of various geochemical formations based on a compilation of the Western Ghats–Central Deccan...
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Series: Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Published: 31 March 2023
DOI: 10.1144/SP515-2020-181
EISBN: 9781786205872
..., distribution of sites and the colluvial context. It is now clear from surface exploration and excavations that there are localized differences in the formation of the colluvial context. At the Mahadebbera and Kana sites, which have yielded optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dates, the in situ occurrence...
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Series: Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Published: 01 January 2017
DOI: 10.1144/SP445.13
EISBN: 9781786203281
... flows composed of weathered porphyritic and amygdaloidal basalt. This rheological contrast locally affected the emplacement of dykes, producing offset, the formation of sills, the curvature of dyke walls and finger-like intrusions. The offset of dykes is presumably caused by variations in local stress...