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Plaque gives history of the Lalbagh and the monument. The Lalbagh hill, which has been declared as a Geological Monument (plaque pictured) to represent the Peninsular Gneiss, has dark biolite gneiss of granitic to granodioritic composition containing streaks of biolite. Remnants of older rocks are seen in the form of enclaves. [2]
This erosional contact is between the underlying youngest Igneous suite of rocks of Precambrian age and overlying oldest sedimentary sequence of late Proterozoic to Eocene age. [2] Its geological significance led to it being declared a National Geological Monument. [1] [2] The igneous cycle has three phases namely, the volcanic, plutonic and ...
Angadippuram Laterite is a notified National Geo-heritage Monument [1] [2] [3] in Angadippuram town in Malappuram district in the southern Indian state of Kerala, India.The special significance of Angadippuram to laterites is that it was here that Dr. Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, a professional surgeon, gave the first account of this rock type, in his report of 1807, as "indurated clay", ideally ...
The oldest rocks visible in Devils Tower National Monument were laid down in a shallow sea during the Triassic. [citation needed] This dark red sandstone and maroon siltstone, interbedded with shale, can be seen along the Belle Fourche River. Oxidation of iron minerals causes the redness of the rocks. This rock layer is known as the Spearfish ...
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The Giant's Causeway (Irish: Clochán an Aifir) [1] is an area of approximately 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. [3] [4] It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills.
Stone Mountain through trees. Stone Mountain is a pluton, a type of igneous intrusion.Primarily composed of quartz monzonite, the dome of Stone Mountain was formed during the formation of the Blue Ridge Mountains around 300–350 million years ago (during the Carboniferous period), part of the Appalachian Mountains. [8]
Rock Monuments [2] 19 Jodhpur Welded Tuff: Jodhpur district: Rajasthan: Rock Monuments [2] 20 Jodhpur Group – Malani Igneous Suite Contact: Jodhpur district: Rajasthan: Stratigraphy Monuments [2] 21 Great Boundary Fault at Satur: Bundi district: Rajasthan: Stratigraphy Monuments [2] 22 Lonar Lake: Buldhana district: Maharashtra: Geological ...