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Important Geological Sites
May 1 , 2019
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- Geological Survey of India has taken steps to raise awareness about 2 important geological sites in Meghalaya.
- They are Mawmluh cave and Therriaghat, Sobhar in East Khasi Hill District.
- These sites present evidence of the geological evolution of the Indian land mass.
Mawmluh Cave
- This site is evidence of a major climatic event about 4200 years ago.
- The stalagmite in the Mawmluh cave has been tagged a Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP).
- This is the first formally ratified marker of a geological time period in India.
Therriaghat
- This site marks the Cretaceous (K)-Palaeogene (Pg) mass extinction event.
- Therriaghat has the most complete records of the Cretaceous-Palaeogene (K-Pg) boundary transition in India.
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