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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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1 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ambiente e Desenvolvimento (PPGAD), Universidade do Vale do Taquari – Univates – 95.914-014, Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2 Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, 53 University Road, Lucknow 226 007, India
3 Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul – Uergs – 90.010-191, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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, Brazil
 

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

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Gisele Sana Rebelato
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ambiente e Desenvolvimento (PPGAD), Universidade do Vale do Taquari – Univates – 95.914-014, Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
André Jasper
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ambiente e Desenvolvimento (PPGAD), Universidade do Vale do Taquari – Univates – 95.914-014, Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Ândrea Pozzebon-Silva
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ambiente e Desenvolvimento (PPGAD), Universidade do Vale do Taquari – Univates – 95.914-014, Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Júlia Siqueira Carniere
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ambiente e Desenvolvimento (PPGAD), Universidade do Vale do Taquari – Univates – 95.914-014, Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Alpana Singh
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, 53 University Road, Lucknow 226 007, India
Shivanna Mahesh
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, 53 University Road, Lucknow 226 007, India
Bhagwan D. Singh
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, 53 University Road, Lucknow 226 007, India
Marlon de Castro Vasconcelos
Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul – Uergs – 90.010-191, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Dieter Uhl
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, Brazil

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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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv122%2Fi2%2F205-210