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Spectacular Basalt Columns of Panhala-Masai Range, Maharashtra:A Potential Geoheritage Site in The Deccan Traps


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1 Department of Geology, SP Pune University, Pune - 411 007, India
2 D.Y. Patil College of Engineering and Technology, Kolhapur - 416 006, India
3 Gopal Krishna Gokhale College, Kolhapur - 412 012, India
4 Dr D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pimpri, Pune - 411 018, India
5 Formerly at Department of Geography, SP Pune University, Pune - 411 007, India
 

The ~65 Ma old Deccan Traps cover about 0.5 million km2 in western and central India. The Deccan Traps region has huge geotourism potential with several potential geoheritage sites1–3. We report here the occurrence of spectacular columns in basalt near Bandivade village (16°49′18″N and 74°01′0″E), in Kolhapur district, Maharashtra (Figure 1).
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Authors

K. D. Shirke
Department of Geology, SP Pune University, Pune - 411 007, India
J. D. Patil
D.Y. Patil College of Engineering and Technology, Kolhapur - 416 006, India
K. Bandivedkar
Gopal Krishna Gokhale College, Kolhapur - 412 012, India
N. J. Pawar
Dr D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pimpri, Pune - 411 018, India
Vishwas S. Kale
Formerly at Department of Geography, SP Pune University, Pune - 411 007, India

Abstract


The ~65 Ma old Deccan Traps cover about 0.5 million km2 in western and central India. The Deccan Traps region has huge geotourism potential with several potential geoheritage sites1–3. We report here the occurrence of spectacular columns in basalt near Bandivade village (16°49′18″N and 74°01′0″E), in Kolhapur district, Maharashtra (Figure 1).

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv115%2Fi4%2F626-628