Evidence of Tsunami in Kashmir: US scientist
SRINAGAR, Sep 18: A US scientist, Prof. Michael Brookfield of the University of Massachusetts, Boston USA, today said there is evidence of Tsunami in Kashmir in past.
He revealed this while concluding his lecture series at Kashmir University (KU) with a talk on giant Tsunamis.
“The geological evidence at the Guryal ravine in the vicinity of the Srinagar city indicate there is evidence of Tsunami preserved in the Kashmir rocks that originated from Tethys sea some 250 million years ago,”Prof Brokfield said. He added that Guryul section closely resembles the K-T boundary section in Texas, US and may have been deposited in the same way from waning Tsunami.
With the help of viewgraphs, simulated animations, field studies and videos, the US scientist demonstrated the mechanism, causes and consequences of giant tsunamis that have happened on the earth surface in the geological past.
He also conducted a fieldwork for the geology students in the Guryul ravines.
Guryul ravine site is one of the world’s richest fossil sites and is attracting the geologists from east and west to study species from the Permian period and need to be studied in more details, said Dr. Shakil A. Romshoo, head of department of geology. During an interaction of Prof Brookfield with the vice-chancellor Prof Talat Ahmad , head of department of geology and the faculty members of the department, collaborative research opportunities between the two universities to study the Guryul section were discussed.
Prof. Talat Ahmad said that the region provides multiple paleolimate proxies to expose the geological past of the planet earth and the University shall soon embark on international collaborations involving integrated research on caves, ice-cores, lake and marine sediments.
Prof. Brookfield was in the University to deliver a series of lectures at the department of geology, geophysics and geoinformatics on various topics related to earth science. He shared his vast research and teaching experience in the field of geology and environmental science with the faculty, research scholars and the PG students
Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Urdu: اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکِستان) is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a 1,046-kilometre (650 mi) coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west,India in the east and China in the far northeast.[7] Tajikistan also lies very close to Pakistan but is separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor. Strategically, Pakistan is located in a position between the important regions of South Asia, Central Asia and the greater Middle East.[8]
The region forming modern Pakistan was the site of several ancient cultures including theneolithic Mehrgarh and the bronze era Indus Valley Civilisation. Subsequently it was the recipient of Hindu, Persian, Indo-Greek, Islamic, Turco-Mongol, and Sikh cultures through several invasions and/or settlements. As a result the area has remained a part of numerous empires and dynasties including the Indian empires, Persian empires, Arab caliphates, Mongol,Mughal, Sikh and British Empire. Pakistan gained independence from the British Empire in 1947 after a struggle for independence, led by Mohammad Ali Jinnah, that sought the partition of India and the creation of an independent state for the Muslim majority populations of the eastern and western regions of British India.[9] With the adoption of its constitution in 1956, Pakistan became an Islamic republic.[10] In 1971, an armed conflict in East Pakistan resulted in the creation of Bangladesh.[11]
Pakistan is a federal parliamentary republic consisting of four provinces and four federal territories. With over 170 million people, it is the sixth most populous country in the world[2] and has the second largest Muslim population after Indonesia.[12] It is an ethnically andlinguistically diverse country with a similar variation in its geography and wildlife. With a semi-industrialized economy, it is the 27th largest in the world in terms of purchasing power. Since gaining independence, Pakistan's history has been characterised by periods of military rule,political instability and conflicts with neighbouring India. The country faces challenging problems including terrorism, poverty, illiteracy and corruption.
Pakistan has the seventh largest standing armed force and is the only Muslim-majority nation to possess nuclear weapons. It is designated as a major non-NATO ally of the United States and a strategic ally of China.[13][14] It is a founding member of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (now the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation)[15] and a member of the United Nations,[16] Commonwealth of Nations,[17] Next Eleven economies and the G20 developing nations.
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