Thread- Sedimentary depositional environments of Neoproterozoic age (900-800 million yr old) building stones of Aihole, Pattadakal and Badami temples, rock cut caves and sculptures.
#Karnataka
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Map- ias.ac.in/article/fullte…
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Geology - ias.ac.in/article/fullte…
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serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/…
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Pattadakal.
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As sand avalanches down the lee slope it forms a tail at the toe of the slope resulting in cross beds which become tangential to the floor. In pic x beds are tangential towards the top of slab i.e. that is actually the base.
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Quiz- Is this slab inverted or depositionally right side up? 😉
End Thread**
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