Symbiosis Hill in this field guide refers to that hill on which Symbiosis Institute of Technology (SIT) is located. It is 17 km away from FLAME University by road. To reach this hill from
FLAME University, we exit the FLAME valley and travel towards the Mumbai-Bengaluru highway towards Mumbai. We take the Sus road exit, travel on Sus road towards SIT in Lavale for about 3.5 km and drive up the valley to the top of the hill where SIT is located.
From the base of the valley to the top of the hill where SIT is located we recognize and map six separate lava flows along road cuts leading to the campus.
Stop 1: At the first bend on the road leading up to SIT campus, we come across the first outcrop on our field traverse. The outcrop is weathered and no structures are observed. We call this Flow 1 of the Symbiosis Hill.
Latitude 18˚32.276' N
Longitude 73˚43.785' E
Elevation 658 m
Stop 2: Driving up the road, at the second bend which is approximately 10 m higher in elevation, we come across another outcrop. The outcrop here is severely weathered and breaks/flakes off readily in the hand. We call this Flow 2 of the Symbiosis Hill. Note that the contact between this and the underlying flow is not observed.
Latitude 18˚32.330' N
Longitude 73˚43.832' E
Elevation 667 m
Stop 3: Driving further up the road, at the third bend approximately 10 m further from the pervious stop, we come across an outcrop where two separate flows are observed. The lower flow looks distinctly different from the flow 2 observed at Stop 2. It is blocky and looks fairly unweathered. We call this Flow 3 of the Symbiosis Hill. Overlying Flow 3 is a more weathered flow showing macro flow structures. We call this Flow 4. The contact between the two flows is highly gradational.
Latitude 18˚32.270' N
Longitude 73˚43.806' E
Elevation 675 m
Stop 4: At the fourth bend of the road leading to SIT campus, we come across an outcrop where two different flows are visible. The lower flow is weathered and looks to be the top of the flow we encountered at the previous outcrop. The contact between these flows 4 and 5 is sharp and clearly visible.
Latitude 18˚32.307' N
Longitude 73˚43.857' E
Elevation 686 m
Stop 5: Driving further up the campus road, we come across an outcrop at the next bend in the road. Two different flows are visible. The lower flow looks to be the top of the flow we encountered at the previous outcrop i.e. flow 5. The contact between these flows 5 and 6 is also shown in the photograph below.
Latitude 18˚32.247' N
Longitude 73˚43.857' E
Elevation 696 m
FLAME University, we exit the FLAME valley and travel towards the Mumbai-Bengaluru highway towards Mumbai. We take the Sus road exit, travel on Sus road towards SIT in Lavale for about 3.5 km and drive up the valley to the top of the hill where SIT is located.
From the base of the valley to the top of the hill where SIT is located we recognize and map six separate lava flows along road cuts leading to the campus.
Stop 1: At the first bend on the road leading up to SIT campus, we come across the first outcrop on our field traverse. The outcrop is weathered and no structures are observed. We call this Flow 1 of the Symbiosis Hill.
Latitude 18˚32.276' N
Longitude 73˚43.785' E
Elevation 658 m
Stop 2: Driving up the road, at the second bend which is approximately 10 m higher in elevation, we come across another outcrop. The outcrop here is severely weathered and breaks/flakes off readily in the hand. We call this Flow 2 of the Symbiosis Hill. Note that the contact between this and the underlying flow is not observed.
Latitude 18˚32.330' N
Longitude 73˚43.832' E
Elevation 667 m
Stop 3: Driving further up the road, at the third bend approximately 10 m further from the pervious stop, we come across an outcrop where two separate flows are observed. The lower flow looks distinctly different from the flow 2 observed at Stop 2. It is blocky and looks fairly unweathered. We call this Flow 3 of the Symbiosis Hill. Overlying Flow 3 is a more weathered flow showing macro flow structures. We call this Flow 4. The contact between the two flows is highly gradational.
Latitude 18˚32.270' N
Longitude 73˚43.806' E
Elevation 675 m
Stop 4: At the fourth bend of the road leading to SIT campus, we come across an outcrop where two different flows are visible. The lower flow is weathered and looks to be the top of the flow we encountered at the previous outcrop. The contact between these flows 4 and 5 is sharp and clearly visible.
Latitude 18˚32.307' N
Longitude 73˚43.857' E
Elevation 686 m
Stop 5: Driving further up the campus road, we come across an outcrop at the next bend in the road. Two different flows are visible. The lower flow looks to be the top of the flow we encountered at the previous outcrop i.e. flow 5. The contact between these flows 5 and 6 is also shown in the photograph below.
Latitude 18˚32.247' N
Longitude 73˚43.857' E
Elevation 696 m
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