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Petrography and heavy mineral studies of Miocene Bhuban siliciclastics in parts of Surma Basin, Northeast India

Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Earth Science, Assam University Silchar, Silchar-788011, Assam, India
  • 2Department of Earth Science, Assam University Silchar, Silchar-788011, Assam, India
  • 3Department of Earth Science, Assam University Silchar, Silchar-788011, Assam, India

Int. Res. J. Earth Sci., Volume 9, Issue (2), Pages 9-19, August,25 (2021)

Abstract

Miocene Bhuban Siliciclastics in parts of Surma Basin has been studied with respect to their modal composition and heavy mineral contents so as to document the tectonic provenance and paleoclimate. Mineralogically Bhuban siliciclastics has been characterized as Qt34 F15RF8 M7 MX17 Ct18 HM1 and thus qualify for clean (lithic to sub arkose) and wacke (arkosic wacke) sandstone types. Presence of undulatory quartz, recycled non-undulatory quartz, chert, physillite and feldspars (alkali & plagioclase) has been attributed to mixed source terrain comprising igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock types. Further occurrence of zircon, tourmaline, rutile and garnet suggests derivation from both felsic and mafic igneous rocks. Different shapes and sizes of heavy minerals including garnet, sillimanite, staurolite, kyanite, scapolite, glaucophane, phlogopite, sphene, wollastonite, chlorite, chondrodite and hedenbergite in Bhuban siliciclastics signifies overall regionally metamorphosed source rock with subordinate contributions from contact dolomitic marble and skarn deposits. Low ZTR value (15.15%) of Bhuban Siliciclastics is indicative of mineralogically immature nature of sediments. A semi-humid to semi-arid paleoclimateis is suggested with major contributions from the nearby Indo-Myanmar and the Himalayan orogens.

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