Basin information directorate general of hydrocarbons dgh. The work has been carried out in son valley of vindhyan basin, central india on the basis of data obtained from the ten wells drilled. Location of the majhgawan and hinota pipes in the vindhyan basin of central india adopted from chatterjee and rao 1995. The arcuateshaped vindhyan basin mesoneoproterozoic in the central part of india fig. Forced regressive wedge in the mesoproterozoic koldaha. Forced regressive wedge in the mesoproterozoic koldaha shale, vindhyan basin, son valley, central india pradip samanta1, soumik mukhopadhyay2, patrick george eriksson3 1 durgapur government college, durgapur 7 214, west bengal, india 2 jadavpur university, kolkata 700 032, west bengal, india department of geology, university of pretoria, pretoria 0002, south africa.
The vindhyan basin is a classic example of proterozoic intracontinental basin that developed in the central part of the indian shield along with several other basins such as cuddapah, chattisgarh, etc. Palaeoenvironmental and biostratigraphic implications of microbial. The vindhyan sediments constitute deposits of the largest sedimentary basin occupying an area of 1,20,000 km 2 in parts of rajasthan, madhya pradesh and uttar pradesh states in the central india. Pdf geology and hydrocarbon potential of neoproterozoic. The present paper highlights the sequence development within the mesoproterozoic koldaha shale member of the kheinjua formation, vindhyan supergroup which records the occurrence of a forced regressive wedge and associated discontinuity surfaces at the base of the wedge. The solid lines joining the three sections represent the. Vindhyan basin by the geological survey of india 01dham 1857. Despite a wealth of studies aimed at using vindhyan basin strata as an archive for proterozoic global events, fundamental questions persist about basic aspects of vindhyan basin stratigraphy.
Strikewise stratigraphic column of the vindhyan supergroup in the son valley prepared by combining several discrete logs constructed at different locations along. The vindhyan basin is generally considered as a shallow marine epeiric sea opening southwestward chanda and bhattacharyya, 1982. Substantially thick vindhyan rocks have also been recognized under the. An evidence of mixed tidal regime in the scarp sandstone formation of the proterozoic kaimur group, vindhyan basin, mirzapur district, uttar pradesh, india. Sea was restricted by a second east westelongated ridge from merger with the contemporary proterozoic sea. Separates aravali delhi orogen frm vindhyan separated by bundelkhand faizabad subsurface ridge satpura orogen lies s of this lineament basin evolved from 1.
The rewa group of the vindhyan supergroup in the son valley begins with a thick. Examples from the rewa group of proterozoic vindhyan bas. However, the extended vindhyan sea was restricted by a second east westelongated ridge from merger with the contemporary proterozoic sea. Threedimensional preservation of cellular and subcellular. Geological map of the vindhyan basin, central india. Pdf this chapter attempts an understanding of the proterozoic vindhyan basin history in the broad framework of central india.
About europe pmc funders joining europe pmc governance roadmap outreach. Ganurgarh shale formation of bhander group, upper vindhyan basin around maihar area, satna district m. Facies development and depositional environment of the. Mesoproterozoic diamondiferous ultramafic pipes at. Pdf ganurgarh shale formation of bhander group, upper. Pdf the vindhyan basin of western india is a part of the largest proterozoic sedimentary basin of the indian subcontinent. The vindhyan basin is a peripheral foreland basin that developed in front of the arcurate fold belts of aravalli, delhi and satpura with which it has a thrusted contact.
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