Significance of transition between Talchir Formation and Karharbari Formation in Lower Gondwana basin evolution - A study in West Bokaro Coal basin, Jharkhand, India

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Abstract

Basal part of the Gondwana Supergroup represented by Talchir and Karharbari Formations (Permo-Carboniferous) records an abrupt change-over from glacio-marine to terrestrial fluvio-lacustrine depositional environment. The contact between the two is an unconformity. Facies analysis of the glacio-marine Talchir Formation reveals that basal glaciogenic and reworked glaciogenic sediments are buried under storm influenced inner and outer shelf sediments. Facies associations of the Karharbari Formation suggest deposition as fluvio-lacustrine deposits in fault-controlled troughs. An attempt has been made in this paper to explain the sedimentation pattern in Talchir and Karharbari basins, and the abrupt change-over from glacio-marine to terrestrial fluvio-lacustrine depositional environment in terms of glacio-isostacy. © Printed in India.

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Bhattacharya, H. N., Chakraborty, A., & Bhattacharya, B. (2005). Significance of transition between Talchir Formation and Karharbari Formation in Lower Gondwana basin evolution - A study in West Bokaro Coal basin, Jharkhand, India. Journal of Earth System Science, 114(3), 275–286. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02702950

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