INDIA
Fieldwork in Maharashtra, India for projects involving the KPg boundary and the tempo of emplacement for the Deccan Traps Large Igneous Province (LIP).
Lava flows exposed along a railway.
Views from the Neral-Matheran Ghat Road.
Drilling paleomagnetic samples.
The windy switchbacks of the road going up the ghat.
Aristle and Tushar investigating an outcrop. How many lava flows can you count?
Carrying the drill along the railways.
Orienting paleomagnetic samples with the Pomeroy device.
A view of the nearly vertical lava flows of the Deccan.
Monkeys were a common sight through this trip.
Courtney and Marissa examining lava flows exposed in a quarry.
Moe drilling samples for paleomagnetic analysis.
More drilling. And some goofing off.
Some delicious vada pav from a local street vendor.
The famous Matheran toy train.
View of the Deccan (Big Stone Point) from the train.
Dinner with the field crew and our drivers, Tushar and Uddhav.