Lithofacies architecture and palaeogeography of the Late Paleozoic glaciomarine Talchir Formation, Raniganj Basin, India
Talchir Formation (Permo–Carboniferous) of the Gondwana Supergroup records the Late Paleozoic glaciation in Peninsular India. Talchir sedimentary succession of the Raniganj Basin, Damodar Valley Coalfields, Peninsular India, bears ten facies types grouped under three facies associations, viz., the p...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:adfe074f2d0e4a2baba1359818059dfb 2023-05-15T16:40:22+02:00 Lithofacies architecture and palaeogeography of the Late Paleozoic glaciomarine Talchir Formation, Raniganj Basin, India H.N. Bhattacharya Biplab Bhattacharya 2015-07-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jop.2015.08.006 https://doaj.org/article/adfe074f2d0e4a2baba1359818059dfb EN eng Elsevier http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095383615000073 https://doaj.org/toc/2095-3836 2095-3836 doi:10.1016/j.jop.2015.08.006 https://doaj.org/article/adfe074f2d0e4a2baba1359818059dfb Journal of Palaeogeography, Vol 4, Iss 3, Pp 269-283 (2015) Late Paleozoic Talchir Formation Raniganj Basin glaciomarine sedimentation facies architecture sequence stratigraphy Paleontology QE701-760 article 2015 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jop.2015.08.006 2022-12-31T16:06:07Z Talchir Formation (Permo–Carboniferous) of the Gondwana Supergroup records the Late Paleozoic glaciation in Peninsular India. Talchir sedimentary succession of the Raniganj Basin, Damodar Valley Coalfields, Peninsular India, bears ten facies types grouped under three facies associations, viz., the proglacial conglomerate–sandstone facies association (CS), the foreshore–shoreface conglomerate–sandstone–mudstone facies association (CSM) and the prodelta–shelf sandstone–mudstone facies association (SM). Overall facies architecture reflects initial ice–covered terrestrial subglacial sedimentation, which was subsequently reworked and emplaced subaqueously in front of the ice–grounding line, and finally overlapped by storm–laid prodelta–shelf sediments. Repeated glacial advance–retreats with shifts in the position of the ice–grounding line during phases of climatic amelioration led to multiple deglaciation– related fining–up cycles. Decoupled ice sheet and floating icebergs contributed icerafted debris (IRD) to these sediments. Gradual retreat of the ice sheet, however, restricted the supply of IRD towards top of the succession. Overlap of wave–agitated shoreface–shelf sediments on the glaciogenic sediments indicates widespread marine transgression caused by glacier melting during ice–house to green–house climatic transition, and crustal downsagging related to glacioisostasy. Subsequently, complete disappearance of the ice sheet caused basinal exhumation along with crustal uplift due to isostatic rebound, leading to multiple horst–graben bounded basinal systems, which received post–Talchir coal–bearing Gondwana sediments. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Journal of Palaeogeography 4 3 269 283 |
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Talchir Formation (Permo–Carboniferous) of the Gondwana Supergroup records the Late Paleozoic glaciation in Peninsular India. Talchir sedimentary succession of the Raniganj Basin, Damodar Valley Coalfields, Peninsular India, bears ten facies types grouped under three facies associations, viz., the proglacial conglomerate–sandstone facies association (CS), the foreshore–shoreface conglomerate–sandstone–mudstone facies association (CSM) and the prodelta–shelf sandstone–mudstone facies association (SM). Overall facies architecture reflects initial ice–covered terrestrial subglacial sedimentation, which was subsequently reworked and emplaced subaqueously in front of the ice–grounding line, and finally overlapped by storm–laid prodelta–shelf sediments. Repeated glacial advance–retreats with shifts in the position of the ice–grounding line during phases of climatic amelioration led to multiple deglaciation– related fining–up cycles. Decoupled ice sheet and floating icebergs contributed icerafted debris (IRD) to these sediments. Gradual retreat of the ice sheet, however, restricted the supply of IRD towards top of the succession. Overlap of wave–agitated shoreface–shelf sediments on the glaciogenic sediments indicates widespread marine transgression caused by glacier melting during ice–house to green–house climatic transition, and crustal downsagging related to glacioisostasy. Subsequently, complete disappearance of the ice sheet caused basinal exhumation along with crustal uplift due to isostatic rebound, leading to multiple horst–graben bounded basinal systems, which received post–Talchir coal–bearing Gondwana sediments. |
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