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Ignite Geology
Geology is the study of the Earth, the materials of which it is made, the structure of those materials, and the processes acting upon them. It includes the study of organisms that have inhabited our planet. An important part of geology is the study of how Earth’s materials, structures, processes and organisms have changed over time.The important study of geology is to detail investigation of earth materials in to the deeper layers of the earths interior.
Dr. Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia Father of Indian Geology
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Jamesh Hutton
Father of Modren Geology
Geo Scientists
Robert Bruce Foote
Father of Southindian Geology
Charles Robert Darwin.
Naturalist and Geologist
Georges Cuvier
Father of paleontology
Nicolas Steno
Father of stratigraphy
Robert Elmer Horton
Father of Modern Hydrology
Indian Geological Suites
Fossil parks
Marine Gondwana Fossil Park
Manendragarh, Sarguja district, Chattisgarh is an unique exposure of fossiliferous marine Permian(280 – 240 Ma) rocks of Talchir Formation belonging to Gondwana Supergroup.
Georgius Agricola
Father of Mineralogy
Rock Monuments
Peninsular Gneiss
Peninsular Gneiss National Monument at Lalbagh, Bangalore.It is composed of dark biolite gneiss of granitic to granodioritic composition containing streaks of biolite. Vestiges of older rocks are seen in the form of enclaves within the gneiss.
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Age:2500 to 3400 million years.
Pillow Lava, Iron ore belt, Nomira,Keonjhar District, Orissa,
2.Pillow Lava, Maradihalli, Chitradurga District, Karnataka
Barr Conglomerate
Barr Conglomerate, Pali District, Rajasthan
Geological Marvels
Sendra Granite
Sendra Granite, Pali District, Rajasthan.
International Geoscience Organizations
International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG)
International Association for Promoting Geoethics (IAPG)
International Association of Sedimentologists
International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI).
International Basement Tectonics Association
International Glaciological Society (IGS)
International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS)
International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS)
International Association of Hydrogeologists/U.S. National Chapter (IAH)
History of Earth Sciences Society (HESS)
The International Commission on Stratigraphy
World Petroleum Council
National Geoscience Organisation across the world
Geological Society of India
Geological Society of London (GSL)
Geological Survey of Canada
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Geological Survey of Belgium (GSB)
Geological Survey of India(GSI)
Saudi Geological Survey (SGS)
British Geological Survey (BGS)
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