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Uhl, Dieter

Evidence of Wildfires in the Late Permian (Changsinghian) Zewan formation of Kashmir, India

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Authors

Andre Jasper ¹, Dieter Uhl ¹, Deepa Agnihotri ², Rajni Tewari ², Sundeep K. Pandita ³, Jose Rafael Wanderley Benicio ¹, Etiene Fabbrin Pires ⁴, Atila Augusto Stock Da Rosa ⁵, Gulam D. Bhat ⁶, S. Suresh K. Pillai ²

Affiliations
1 Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, PPGAD. Centro Universitário Univates, Lajeado, BR
2 Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow 226 007, IN
3 Department of Geology, University of Jammu, Jammu 180 006, IN
4 Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Porto Nacional, BR
5 Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, BR
6 Directorate of Geology and Mining, Jammu and Kashmir Government, Srinagar 190 002, IN

Source

Current Science, Vol 110, No 3 (2016), Pagination: 419-423

Abstract

The first record of palaeo-wildfire evidence in the form of charcoal is documented from the Late Permian Zewan Formation of the Kashmir region, northwest Himalaya. This evidence is in the form of fragments of tracheids that show homogenized cell walls, a characteristic feature of charcoal. Considering that palaeowildfire studies provide important palaeoecological information, the present study is significant, as it allows reconstructing new information about environmental conditions during the deposition of the sediments of the Late Permian Zewan Formation.

Keywords

Charcoal, Gondwana, Himalayan Region, Late Palaeozoic, Marine Environment.

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Macro-charcoal in Carbonaceous Strata of The Lower Cretaceous Of Northwest India: Remains from the Than Formation, Saurashtra Basin, Gujarat

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Authors

Gisele Sana Rebelato ¹, André Jasper ¹, Ândrea Pozzebon-Silva ¹, Júlia Siqueira Carniere ¹, Alpana Singh ², Shivanna Mahesh ², Bhagwan D. Singh ², Marlon de Castro Vasconcelos ³, Dieter Uhl ⁴

Affiliations
1 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ambiente e Desenvolvimento (PPGAD), Universidade do Vale do Taquari – Univates – 95.914-014, Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul, BR
2 Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, 53 University Road, Lucknow 226 007, IN
3 Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul – Uergs – 90.010-191, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, BR
4 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ambiente e Desenvolvimento (PPGAD), Universidade do Vale do Taquari – Univates – 95.914-014, Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul; Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum 60325, Frankfurt am Main, BR

Source

Current Science, Vol 122, No 2 (2022), Pagination: 205-210

Abstract

The record of Cretaceous palaeo-wildfires is rather scarce for peninsular India. We aim to report a detailed macro-charcoal analysis as evidence for palaeo wildfires of Early Cretaceous deposits from India. The macro-charcoal was studied using SEM and classified into three morphotypes based on anatomical characteristics. All morphotypes are probably associated with gymnosperms. These findings constitute a record of macro-charcoal and consequently of palaeo-wildfires for the Lower Cretaceous strata of the Saurashtra Basin, Northwest India

Keywords

Carbonaceous Strata, Gymnosperms, Macrocharcoal, Morphotypes, Palaeo-Wildfires.

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