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Lower Gondwana beds of Mandakpal Kashmir, India

Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Geology and Mining, Government of J&K (UT), India

Int. Res. J. Earth Sci., Volume 12, Issue (2), Pages 11-13, August,25 (2024)

Abstract

The Mandakpal geo-heritage site situated about 25 kilometers northeast of District Pulwama, approachable through Pampore-Ladhu metallic road is one of a known Lower Gondwana fossiliferous site in Kashmir Region of India. The geo- heritage site falls in the Survey of India (S.O.I) topo sheet no. 43 N/4 and 43 O/1 with geographic coordinate (33°59'30.70"N 75°01'34.70"E) at an average elevation of 1871 meters above mean sea level. The Mandakpal fossiliferous site is spread over an area of 1012695 square meters, which host the repository fossil beds with a geological time record of 252.9 million of year, amidst picturesque exposures of Zabarwan Mountain Range in the north-western and the Wastarwan Mountain Range in the south-eastern side of the Kashmir valley. Due to its immense importance in the field of paleontology, sedimentology and environmental geology, the Regional Office of the Department of Geology and Mining, located in the summer capital of Srinagar, geologically mapped the area and subsequently, demarcated the boundaries of Mandakpal fossiliferous zone. Accordingly, in the year 2019 through Government Order No. 159-IND of 2019 declared the Mandakpal fossiliferous Zone as a protected fossiliferous zone, geo-heritage site within an area 1012695 square meters.

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