Journal of Geology & Geophysics

Journal of Geology & Geophysics
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Kasturi Bhattacharyya

Kasturi Bhattacharyya
Indian Institute of Technology,
Kharagpur, West Bengal
India

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  • Research Article
    Sandstone Petrology and Geochemistry of the Kolhan Basin, Eastern India: Implications for Basin Tectonics
    Author(s): Kasturi Bhattacharyya and Subhasish Das Kasturi Bhattacharyya and Subhasish Das

    The 2.2-2.1 Ga pear shaped Kolhan basin show the development of a time transgressive group in a passive rift setting caused due to the fragmentation of the Columbia supercontinent. The Kolhans while showing a variability in the thickening/thinning of the quartzo-feldspathic, quartzolithic, and quartzose sandstones, do also show a similarity in compositional and dispersal characteristics to both underlying and overlying strata, phenomenon termed here congruence. A combined petrologic and geochemical analysis of sandstone suites (congruence suite) can be used to track changes in the sediment supply from adjacent areas if (1) a long-term record of the basin fill is available (2) the source signal is preserved by “proximal” depositional conditions and (3) diagenetic alteration of sediments is limited. Provenance-derived variations in sandstone compositions are therefore a key .. View More»
    DOI: 10.4172/2329-6755.1000196

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