Biography
Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, Indian geologist and stratigrapher (Surat, Gujrat State 25 October 1883 – 15 June 1969)
World renowned for his researches on Himalayan geology
Co-described fossil Amphibian species Lysipterygium risinense 1928 with Swinton
SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY
Natural occurrences of uranium and thorium in India
Three superimposed peneplains of Ceylon
Desiccation of Central Asia. Everyday Sci. 2:273-5, 1954
The support of Himalayas
Structure of the Himalayas and of the North Indian Foreland (1938)
Cretaceous Volcanic Series in the Great Himalayan Range of Kashmir. Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind LXXXII (2), 1937
Tectonic relations of the Himalayas with the North Indian Foreland (1937)
Cambrian-Trias sequence of Kashmir. Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind LXVIII (2), 1934
Geology of Nanga Parbat and Gilgit District. Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind LXVI (2), 1932
Syntaxis of North-Western Himalayas: its rocks, tectonics and orogeny. Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind LXV (2), 1931
Palaeoclimates of Kashmir Region
The Geology of India (1919)
HONOURS
Correspondent Member, Geological Society of America
Back Award, Royal Geographical Society, London (1934)
Lyell Medal, Geological Society of London (1943)
Leopold Von Buch Award, German Geological Society (1960)
Genera (Fossil)
Wadiapites Biswas 1962 (Sporae)
Wadiasaurus Chowdhury 1970 (Reptilia)