One day field Tour at Guryul Ravine Khunmoh, Jammu and Kashmir

The Guryul Ravine in Kashmir, geologically known as the Vihi district, are a repository of fossils that hold evidence of the Permian-Triassic extinction event, dating as far as back 260 million years, one of the oldest of its types in the entire world. Acknowledgement We the faculty and the students of geology thank the Principal GDC Ganderbal, HOD geology and the organizing members for helping the department of geology to make this field tour possible.



Globally researchers have unraveled unique locations that helped to understand the chronology of the critical events concerning the Earth’s past. Among such geological events, the time-shot of the Permian-Triassic (P-Tr) extinction event is one of the significant revelations concerning the end and start of life on Earth. Among various geological sites in the world that contain the critical information regarding the P-Tr extinction event, Guryul ravine in Kashmir India is geologically a treasure. It bears specimens of primordial corals, small invertebrates, plants, and a group of mammal resembling reptiles, called therapsids. Due to its immense importance, the Government of India had decided to accredit the site of Guryul ravine section as an international fossil park.  However, due to political turmoil in the region and unabated mining and industrial activities within the vicinity of it, has threatened the very existence of this scientific wealth. This paper reviews the importance of the Guryul Ravine Section, paleoclimatic conditions of that time, and the current threats it is facing to stimulate the stakeholders for the conservation of this site in the global scientific interest( Shah et al., 2022).


  • Event Date: 05-Nov-2022
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