Missing Coal Seam between East and West Bokaro near Lugu Hill of Damodar Basin, India: A Geological Model
Authors
-
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad
Sugata Kumar Sinha -
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad
Saurabh Datta Gupta
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-020-1550-9Abstract
The coal formation of the Damodar basin is found in parts of the Indian states of West Bengal and Jharkhand. However, the potentiality of the coal formation and its presence across the basin are not equal. Both East Bokaro and West Bokaro are highly fertile and productive for high-quality coal. However, due to the lack of coal seams, no significant discoveries can be made between these two regions. The purpose of the present study is to identify the reasons for the lack of coal seam between the areas of the eastern and western Bokaro of the Damodar basin. The study area was chosen near the Lugu hill, adjacent to the Ghato area in the West Bokaro based on the geological significance. The presence of the coal seam is not identified in the study area. To reach the objective of the study an integrated geological model was developed based on laboratory analysis, computational and analytical approach. Newly acquired shallow seismic data, earlier acquired digitized gravity data and drilled well data were used for the study. Rock samples were collected from discrete areas of the Lugu hill for laboratory analysis. The integrated geological depositional model suggests that crustal thinning and basement upliftment is the significant reason for the absence of coal seam in between East and West Bokaro. Several tectonic activities and associated intrusion are another factor for the absence of coal in the area.
Downloads
Metrics
Issue
Section
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
References
Amyx, J.W., Bass Jr., D.M., and Whiting, R.L. (1960) Petroleum Reservoir Engineering, Mc Graw Hill Publ. Co., New York, pp.601.
Ball, V. (1867) The Ramgarh coalfield. Mem. Geol. Surv. India, v.6, Pt.2, pp.109-135.
Banerjee, K.C. (1943) Regulation of river floods: The problem of Damodar river. Geographical Review, v.3, pp.107-110
Bharadwaj, D.C. and Tiwari, R.S. (1977) Permian-Triassic microfloras from the Raniganj Coalfield, India. Paleobotanist, v.24, pp.26-49.
Bhattacharya, A.K. (1973) Flood control in the Damodar valley, Geographical Review of India, v.35(2), pp.134-146.
Bhattacharya, H.N., Goswami, A. and Chakraborty, A. (2002) Sedimentary facies analysis of a Permo-Carboniferous terminoglacial succession, Saharjuri Basin, Jharkhand, India. Jour. Geol. Soc. India, v.60, pp.401– 410.
Bhattacharya, H.N., Chakraborty, A. and Bhattacharya, B. (2005) Significance of transition between Talchir Formation and Karharbari Formation in Lower Gondwana basin evolution – A study in West Bokaro Coal basin, Jharkhand, India. Jour. Earth Syst. Sci., v.114(3), pp.275–286.
Bhattacharya, B. and Banerjee, P.P. (2015) Record of Permian Tethyan transgression in eastern India: Areappraisal of the Barren Measures Formation, West Bokaro Coalí»eld, Marine and Petroleum Geology, v.67, pp.170-179.
Biswas, S.K. (1999) A review on the evolution of rift basins in India during Gondwana with special reference to western Indian basins and their hydrocarbon prospects; In: Sahni, A. and Loyal, R.S. (Eds.), Gondwana assembly: New issues and perspectives. Proc. Indian Nat. Sci. Acad. Spec. Issue, pp.261–283.
Carman, P.C. (1956) Flow of gases through porous media. Butterworths, London.
Casshyap, S.M., and Qidwai, H.A. (1971) Paleocurrent analysis of lower Gondwana sedimentary rocks, Pench Valley coalfield, Madhya Pradesh (India). Sediment. Geol., v.5, pp.135–145.
Chakraborty, C. and Ghosh, S.K. (2005) Pull-apart origin of the Satpura Gondwana basin, central India. Jour. Earth Syst. Sci., v.114(3) pp.259– 273.
Chatterjee, G.C. and Ghosh, P.K. (1970) Tectonic framework of the Peninsular Gondwanas of India. Rec. Geol. Surv. India, v.98(2), pp.1–15.
Datta Gupta, S and Gupta, R. (2017) Importance of coloured inversion technique for thin hydrocarbon sand reservoir detection–A case in mid Cambay basin. Jour. Geol. Soc. India, v.90(4), pp.485-494.
Dutta, A.B. (1963) The geology and coal resources of the Bokaro coalfield. Mem. Geol. Surv. India, v.91,10, 12 and 20.
Dutta, A.B. (1965) Fenestella sp. from Talchirs of Daltongunj coal-field, Bihar. Quart. Jour. Geol. Min. Metal. Soc. India, v.37, pp.124–133.
Geological Survey of India (2014-15), https://www.gsi.gov.in/webcenter.
Ghosh, P.K. and Mitra, N.D. (1967) Talchir sedimentation in West Bokaro Basin. Indian Minerals, v.21, pp.1–9.
Ghosh, P.K. and Mitra, N.D. (1975) History of Talchir sedimentation in Damodar Valley basins. Mem. Geol. Surv. India, v.105, pp.1–117.
Giese, P. and Jacobshagen, V., (1991) Inversion tectonics of intracontinental ranges: High and Middle Atlas, Morocco. Geol. Rundschau, v.81, pp.249– 259.
Google Earth Pro 7.3.1, 2018, Kuju Ghato area, Jharkhand, viewed December, 2018, <https://www.google.com/earth/index.html>.
Gregory, A.R. (1976) Fluid saturation effects on dynamic elastic properties of sedimentary rocks. Geophysics, v.41, pp.721–895.
Gupta, A. (1999) Early Permian Palaeoenvironment in Damodar Valley Coalfields, India: an Overview. Gondwana Res., v.2(2), pp.149-165.
Han, D.H., Nur, A. and Morgan, D. (1986) Effect of porosity and clay content on wave velocities in sandstones, Geophysics, v.51, pp.2093-2107.
Hughes, T.W.H. (1867) The Bokaro coalfield. Mem. Geol. Surv. India, v.6, pp.39-108.
Kasab, M.A. and Weller, A. (2013) Porosity estimation from compressional wave velocity: a study based on Egyptian carbonate samples. Jour. Earth Sci. Engg., v.3, pp.314-321.
Kozeny, J. (1927) Ueber kapillare Leitung des Wassers im Boden. Sitzungsber Akad. Wiss., Wien, v.136(2a), pp.271-306.
Liu, J., W. Chen, W. Nie, J. Yuan, and J. Dong., (2019) Experimental research on the mass transfer and flow properties of water inrush in completely weathered granite under different particle size distributions, Rock Mech. Rock Eng. v.52 (7), pp. 2141–2153.
Mukhopadhyay, G and Bhattacharya, H.N., (1994) Facies analysis of Talchir sediments (Permo-Carboniferous), Dudhi Nala, Bihar, India - a glaciomarine model. 9th Int. Gondwana Symp. Hyderabad, India, 2, Oxford and IBH Publishing Co., New Delhi, pp. 737-753.
Nabawy, B.S., Rochette, P., and Geraud, Y. (2010) Electric pore fabric of the Nubia sandstones in south Egypt: characterization and modelling. Geophys. Jour. Internat., v.183, pp.681-694.
Narain, H. (1994) Gondwana palaeomagnetism and crustal structures; In: Proceedings, 9th International Gondwana Symposium, Hyderabad, India (New Delhi: Oxford and IBH Publishers), pp.951–952.
Navale, G.K.B. and Saxena, R. (1989) An appraisal of coal petrographic facies in Lower Gondwana (Permian) coal seams of India. Internat. Jour. Coal Geol., v.12, pp.553-588.
Paul, S., Ali, M. and Chatterjee, R. (2018) Prediction of Compressional Wave Velocity Using Regression and Neural Network Modeling and Estimation of Stress Orientation in Bokaro Coalfield, India. Pure Appld. Geophys., v.175(1), pp.375-388.
Ramana, Y.V. and Venkatanarayana, B. (1973) Laboratory studies on Kolar rocks. Internat. Jour. Rock Mech. Min. Sci., v.10, pp.465–489.
Schon, J.H. (1996) Physical properties of rocks: fundamentals and principles of petrophysics, Oxford: Pergamon, Handbook of geophysical exploration; Seismic exploration, 18.
Singh, P.K., Tiwari, A.K. and Mahato M.K. (2013) Qualitative Assessment of Surface Water of West Bokaro coalfield, Jharkhand by Using Water Quality Index Method. Internat. Jour. Chem. Tech. Res., v.5(5), pp. 2351-2356.
Singh, A.K., Singh, P.K., Singh, M.P. and Banerjee, P.K. (2015) Utilization of Permian coal deposits of west Bokaro, India: a petro-chemical evaluation Energy Sources Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, Taylor & Francis, v.37, pp.1081-1088.
Tiwari, R. S., and Meena, K. L., (1992), Palynological sequence and relationship of subsurface Permian-Triassic sediments in eastern Raniganj Coalfield, West Bengal, India; Geophytology, 21, pp. 21–32.
Truswell, M.E. (1980) Permo-Carboniferous palynology of Gondwanaland: progress and problems in the decade to 1980, BMR Jour. Australian Geol. Geophys., v.5, pp.95-111.
Upadhyay, A.K. and Sharma, B.S. (2011) Analysis of sound velocities and elastic moduli of some minerals. Indian Jour. Pure Appld. Physics, v.49, pp.30-34.
Verma, R.K., and Ghosh, D. (1974) Gravity Survey over Jharaia Coalfield, India. Geophys. Res. Bull., v.12(4), pp.165-175.
Verma, R.K., and Ghosh., D. (1977) Gravity Field, Structure and Tectonics of some Gondwana Basins of Damodar Valley, India, Geophysical Case Histories of India, 1, AEG, Hyderabad, India, pp.97-112.
Verma, R.K., Majumdar, R., Ghosh, D., Ghosh, A. and Gupta, N.C. (1976), Results of gravity survey over Raniganj coalfield, India. Geophysical Prospecting, v.24(1), pp.19-30.
Verma, R.K., Mukhopadhyay, M., Roy, S.K. and Sinha, R.P.P., (1978) An analysis of gravity field over North Singhbhum, Tectonophysics, v.44, pp.41-63.
Verma, R.K., Bhuin, N.C., and Mukhopadhyay, M. (1979) Geology, structure and tectonics of the Jharia coalfield, India ” A three-dimensional model: Geoexploration, v.17, pp.305–324.
