1996-97 - Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany

1996-97
Sponsored Projects
S.P. I
Holocene palynostratigraphy and palynoenviron-ment of
Chilka Lake: An inter-disciplinary approach (DST NO.
ES/44/019/90)
H.P. Gupta & Deepak Kohli
The project accomplished and the project report has been submitted to DST,
New Delhi.
S.P. II
Palaeogene floral diversity-biostratigraphy and
palaeoenvironmental implications (DST NO. ES/44/037/93)
K. Ambwani (Co-investigator)
A detailed report was compiled and submitted to the Department of Science
and Technology, New Delhi.
S.P. III
Reconstruction of past climatic changes in eastern Himalayan
region using tree-ring data (DST No. ES/44/018/90)
A. Bhattacharyya, R.R. Yadav & Vandana Chaudhary
Tree-ring samples of Abies densa, Tsuga dumasa, Larix griffithii, Pinus
waLLichiana, Pill us raxburghii and JUlliperus sp. collected from Arunachal Pradesh
have been processed. Tree-ring sequences of these samples have been dated to the
accuracy of calendar year and measured. From the ring-width measurements, chronology
of Larix griffithii has been found to be of excellent potential for climatic studies. Climatic
reconstruction using this chronology is in progress.
A. Bhattacharyya & Vandana Chaudhary
Visited Tawang, Lungroba, Bomdila, Dirang and other sites in Arunachal
Pradesh and collected tree-ring samples of Abies densa, Tsuga dumasa, Larix griffithii,
Pillus wallichialla, Pinus roxburghii and Juniperus sp.
S.P. IV
Palaeo biological investigations across Archaeozoic-Early
Proterozoic transition (DST NO. ESS/CA/A4-09/93)
P.K. Maithy, R. Babu, S. Kumar (L.U.) & S. Sharma
Further field observations were done on the Iron Ore Group exposed in Barbil
- Noamundi area about ± 10 km east of Barbil, Orissa. About 107 m thick dolomite
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