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A Review on Lithostratigraphy and Biostratigraphy of Jaisalmer basin, western Rajasthan, India

Author Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Geology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, INDIA

Int. Res. J. Earth Sci., Volume 3, Issue (8), Pages 37-45, August,25 (2015)

Abstract

Jaisalmer basin is a pericratonic basin which deepens to southwest and lies on northwestern slope of Jaisalmer Mari basement arch. The basin is a late Paleozoic-Mesozoic basin with angle of dip 3o to 5o, comprises rocks of Permian age which unconformably overlie on Proterozoic basement. The basin is characterized by eastern shelf part of large Indus basin. The basin has thick sedimentary alternating sequence of clastics and carbonates. The rocks of Mesozoic age are well exposed in this basin and represented mainly by limestone, shale, siltstone and sandstone. The entire Mesozoic is divisible into six mappable formations Lathi, Jaisalmer, Baisakhi, Bhadasar, Pariwar, and Habur ranging in age from Lias to Albian. The basin embodies with various variety of micro and mega fossil assemblages in which foraminifera, ostracoda, corals and some plant fossils are common. Among all the formations, Jaisalmer formation are most fossiliferous. The kuldhar member of this formation are represented by Callovian Ammonites, brachiopods, nautiloids, bivalves, echinoids, crinoids and some trace fossils belongs to the family of laginidae and spirillinidae. This review paper embodies formation wise description of Jaisalmer basin with rock types, fossils and age.

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