1996-97 - Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany
1996-97 - Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany
1996-97 - Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
BSIP<br />
Fossil leaf rcsemhling Phyllalltlllls<br />
reticulatus Prail. from the Siwalik sediments<br />
near Koilabas, western Nepal (Nat. size).<br />
investigation.<br />
Visited Kathgodam and Tanakpur in Uttar Pradesh and collected plant<br />
megafossils comprising leaf, fruit and seed-impressions and fossil woods. Visited<br />
Koilabas and Seria Naka areas on Indo-Nepal border and collected leaf- and seedimpressions.<br />
Also, visited Central National Herbarium, Howrah for identification <strong>of</strong><br />
plant fossils collected from different localities <strong>of</strong> Siwaliks.<br />
Programme 5.7 : Palynology, palaeoecology and palaeogeography <strong>of</strong> the Tertiary<br />
sediments <strong>of</strong> Nepal Himalaya<br />
Samir<br />
Sarkar<br />
Palynological investigations <strong>of</strong> the Siwalik succession from the Surai Khola<br />
and Aljun Khola areas have been completed. A rich palyn<strong>of</strong>loral assemblage has been<br />
recovered which consists <strong>of</strong> 67 genera and 92 species belonging to gymnospermous<br />
and angiospermous pollen, pteridophytic spores, algal zygospores and fungal spores<br />
and ascostromata. Several palynoassociations have been recognised between 12 to 2<br />
Ma. The data has been plotted against a chronostratigraphic control based on the<br />
36
Change language