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Field Guide Book of Geology of Kutch (Kachchh) Basin, Gujarat, India

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Authors:
  1. Sanjib K. Biswas

    1. KDM-Institute of Petroleum Exploration, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Dehradun, India

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  2. Kotha Mahender

    1. School of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Goa University, Goa, India

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  3. Gaurav D. Chauhan

    1. Department of Earth and Environmental Science, K. S. K. V. Kachchh University, Bhuj, India

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  • It is designed for students, amateur enthusiasts, and professionals who have a geology background and the tourists
  • Describes selected regional traverses across the basin to provide an overview of the basin's geology
  • Guides to the stratotypes and reference sections for study of the formal Mesozoic–Tertiary lithostratigraphic units

Part of the book series: Springer Geology (SPRINGERGEOL)

Part of the book sub series: Springer Geology Field Guides (SGFG)

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Table of contents (3 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Introduction to Geology of the Kachchh (Kutch) Basin, Western India

    • Sanjib K. Biswas, Kotha Mahender, Gaurav D. Chauhan
    Pages 1-36

  3. Guide to Field Traverses

    • Sanjib K. Biswas, Kotha Mahender, Gaurav D. Chauhan
    Pages 37-91

  4. Guide to Litho-stratotype Sections

    • Sanjib K. Biswas, Kotha Mahender, Gaurav D. Chauhan
    Pages 93-183
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About this book

This book represents a detailed introduction to the geology, structure, and stratigraphy of Kutch Basin, known for its rich fossilized megafauna and the wide range of condensed sections exposing Bathonian to Pleistocene. With its vast assortment of geological features, geomorphology, and geoheritage, the Kutch Basin shows geology, stratigraphy, and paleontology almost as a textbook. Besides the beautiful illustrations given in the book, in the form of good field photographs depicting the landscape, and geological and geomorphological features, this guidebook serves as an inspiring reading reference. Furthermore, this guidebook will be a handy reference book for the tourists visiting Kutch Basin in planning their visit to explore the beautiful Kutch region. 

 The guidebook is intended to interest scientists, researchers, students from schools and universities, tourists, and geoscience professionals of the mining and oil industry working in Kutch.


Authors and Affiliations

  • KDM-Institute of Petroleum Exploration, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Dehradun, India

    Sanjib K. Biswas

  • School of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Goa University, Goa, India

    Kotha Mahender

  • Department of Earth and Environmental Science, K. S. K. V. Kachchh University, Bhuj, India

    Gaurav D. Chauhan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Field Guide Book of Geology of Kutch (Kachchh) Basin, Gujarat, India

  • Authors: Sanjib K. Biswas, Kotha Mahender, Gaurav D. Chauhan

  • Series Title: Springer Geology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87470-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87469-8Published: 11 November 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-87470-4Published: 11 November 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2197-9545

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-9553

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 183

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 131 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Sedimentology, Geology

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