Bhojunda Stromatolite Park

Bhojunda Stromatolite Park is located near Bhojunda village which is about 6 km south-west of Chittaurgarh city in Rajasthan, India.[1][2] It is spread across 8 acres on either side of the Chittaurgarh-Udaipur state highway.[1][2] It was declared as a National Geological Monument in 1976 by GSI.

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Bhojunda stromatolite park is an exposure inside the Bhagwanpura Limestone of the Lower Vindhyan range.[1] They are formed by blue-green algae which forms a mat by attracting and bonding carbonate particles through their filaments into stratiform, columnar and nodular structures in carbonate rocks.[1] Stromatolites are an indication of the earliest form of life on earth and is formed by a combination of life activity, sediment trapping and binding activity of algae and bacteria.[1] They generally form in shallow water.[1]

References

"GeoTourism Stromatolite". www.gsi.gov.in. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
Sharma, B. K.; Kulshreshtha, Seema; Rahmani, Asad R. (2013-09-14). Faunal Heritage of Rajasthan, India: General Background and Ecology of Vertebrates. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9781461408000.

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[:0-1] "GeoTourism Stromatolite". www.gsi.gov.in. Retrieved 2018-07-23.

[:1-2] Sharma, B. K.; Kulshreshtha, Seema; Rahmani, Asad R. (2013-09-14). Faunal Heritage of Rajasthan, India: General Background and Ecology of Vertebrates. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9781461408000.