tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859094080858570248.post3703550679095394532..comments2024-03-19T01:34:53.614+05:30Comments on Rapid Uplift: Field Photos: Driving Through A Basalt CountrysideSuvrat Kherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18281172632784780810noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859094080858570248.post-83034221174108389212013-10-25T21:19:08.146+05:302013-10-25T21:19:08.146+05:30Thank you Suvrat! Perhaps the borewell people were...Thank you Suvrat! Perhaps the borewell people were just not equipped...or else wanted to hike their charges(!).Was not there then...Urmila Rajadhyakshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13198557157380666418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859094080858570248.post-14970550351480794962013-10-25T15:59:05.789+05:302013-10-25T15:59:05.789+05:30Urmila- those rounded boulders are a result of sph...Urmila- those rounded boulders are a result of spheroidal weathering of basalt. imaging a rock layers cut by two sets of cracks at right angles to each other. so the rock layers is cut up into cubes. water percolates through these cracks and the weathering process smoothness the edges giving a spherical shape to pieces of rock. so not deposited but weathered rock. the geology over there is soil/ murum underlain by solid basalt.. not sure why the borewell people could not penetrate and not sure how predictable is the presence of ant/termites :) Suvrat Kherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281172632784780810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859094080858570248.post-4335061723119001492013-10-24T16:15:50.505+05:302013-10-24T16:15:50.505+05:30Hi Suvrat, Am a Landscape Architect and working o...Hi Suvrat, Am a Landscape Architect and working on a garden for a plot in Girivan which is near abouts the area you are talking about in this post. Soil excavations in the plot during house building have thrown up rounded boulders in a moorumish soil. Would these be deposited material? Also noticed some ant/termite hills on the plot which generally indicate the presence of water....the client has been looking at ground water...a borewell to be precise but the local borewell people could not penetrate beyond the rounded boulders with whatever technology they had. Could you tell me about the geology of this area? UrmilaUrmila Rajadhyakshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13198557157380666418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859094080858570248.post-28815599148579622632011-12-14T23:00:28.334+05:302011-12-14T23:00:28.334+05:30Thanks Suvrat..
Always loved your spontaneous ans...Thanks Suvrat..<br /><br />Always loved your spontaneous answers.. very precise :-)Adrian D'Souzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636488467870454895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859094080858570248.post-82567640269843254312011-12-12T09:48:04.661+05:302011-12-12T09:48:04.661+05:30Malcolm - hope to visit the Colombia basalts some ...Malcolm - hope to visit the Colombia basalts some day !<br /><br />Adrian- when India broke away from Madagascar and then Seychelles that rifting would have produced a fault scarp and an elevated western margin. the present western ghat escarpment though is a retreated scarp. that means over time erosion has kept removing material from the cliffs making them retreat eastwards leaving a low level broad surface at the base which is the konkan coastal plain.Suvrat Kherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281172632784780810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859094080858570248.post-13452528665520535862011-12-10T00:15:38.078+05:302011-12-10T00:15:38.078+05:30Hi Survat, I have read in many places that the Wes...Hi Survat, I have read in many places that the Western Ghts initally formed an escarpment touching the indian ocean to the west, probably when it abruptly broke off from the africa continent.<br />But could you share me some mpossible ethods on how the Konkan Coast or i must say the Konkan Plains came into existence to the west of these Ghats ??? Their max width may be 30-40 Km..Adrian D'Souzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636488467870454895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859094080858570248.post-81560706244430084242011-12-01T23:51:03.249+05:302011-12-01T23:51:03.249+05:30Reminds me of some parts of the Columbia River bas...Reminds me of some parts of the Columbia River basalts. Situation is the same: head east out of Portland for an hour and you're into BBB.Malcolm V Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00126268490488546890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859094080858570248.post-60246219722949157002011-11-05T07:54:49.750+05:302011-11-05T07:54:49.750+05:30Love this post. Amazing that you can see all this...Love this post. Amazing that you can see all this just outside booming, crowded Pune. Beautiful photos too!RVKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859094080858570248.post-86286943335849305722011-11-05T07:40:08.256+05:302011-11-05T07:40:08.256+05:30thanks for visiting Hollis and Amit..thanks for visiting Hollis and Amit..Suvrat Kherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281172632784780810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859094080858570248.post-64187017342472377072011-11-04T06:04:01.221+05:302011-11-04T06:04:01.221+05:30Now I'm homesick :( But thanks for the photos ...Now I'm homesick :( But thanks for the photos and the nice description.Amithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09128526411032027820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859094080858570248.post-72404764887461832742011-11-03T20:40:52.112+05:302011-11-03T20:40:52.112+05:30Neat post ... nice that you included aerials and e...Neat post ... nice that you included aerials and explanations with the photos, thanks.Hollishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788942181934895493noreply@blogger.com