Have you seen the laterite mount (near Asian Bakery,
Pangappara) on the curve along the National Highway between Trivandrum and
Kollam? Although am not a Geologist by training, I feel this site is going to provide
you with a good case study. Check it out.
I hope you would be introduced to basics of disaster
management.
If my conviction is true, please drop a line on your findings.
The laterite mount is indeed an interesting location, both as a location to study geological processes at the surface, and also as a location to study slope processes and slope retreat. The cracks and fissures and the veins you see in the laterite are those which were carried over from the days when the laterite was not already a laterite, but when it was a hard rock. Millions of years of weathering has made it what it now is.... also currently the slope is slowly retreating following chunks of laterite breaking off along the the weak planes. Also the location is a favorite with waste-throwers, and those who would like to see their environs clean; so the notices exhorting the throwers to desist from their missile activity! All in all a location where geology, environment and geography all intersect; what with a stream a few metres down the road, paddy fields all converted to prime property and what not!
ReplyDeleteDo you see any possibility/ opportunity for students to study this?
ReplyDeletePlease check this announcement
ReplyDeletehttp://ildm.kerala.gov.in/docs/pdf/arpa.pdf to see, if any interested student can avail it to study the laterite mount.
Yes somebody can take up a study, but the property is private...
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