Recent Researchers in Sedimentary Basins : Implications in the Exploration of Natural Resources : Proceedings of the National Symposium
Contents: Preface. I. Hydrocarbons: 1. Overview of sedimentary basins of India and their hydrocarbon resource potential/S.K. Biswas. 2. Western offshore petroliferous province: Tectono-sedimentary evolution and petroleum systems/Jokhan Ram, P. Mohapatra and G.P. Ganesan. 3. Sedimentation pattern, diagenesis and reservoir characteristics of progradational deltaic sequence in Southwestern part of Gandhar Field, Cambay Basin, India/A.N. Pandey and R.P. Singh. 4. Depositional environment and reservoir characteristics of pay horizon in Thiruvarur Field of Cauvery Basin, India/R.P. Singh, Narendra Prasad and A.N. Pandey. 5. Tectonics and sedimentation in Krishna-Godavari Basin, India/S.K. Gupta, G.K. Prasad, S.K. Majumdar and J. Sivasankar. 6. Eocene sedimentation and its hydrocarbon prospects, South of Matsyapuri-Palakollu Fault, Krishna-Godavari Basin, India/A. Sanyal, Dhandapani, L.M. Onkar Prasad, P.H. Mane and S.K. Gupta. 7. Indian sedimentary basins and their hydrocarbon potential/Awadhesh Rai, P. Chandrasekaran and V.N. Mishra. 8. Numerical modelling of the offshore regions for hydrocarbons/J.P. Narayan and Avadh Ram. 9. Role of petrography in evaluating petroleum reservoir characteristics of Jorajan Oil Field, Assam/Minati Das and Kabita Goswami.10. Application of organic petrography in oil and gas exploration/Mahendra P. Singh. II. Atomic minerals: 11. Prospects for atomic minerals in sedimentary basins with special reference to India/Rajendra Singh. 12. Uranium potential for sandstone type deposits around North-Eastern part of the Proterozoic Abujhmar Basin, Bastar District, Madhya Pradesh, India/S.N. Chaturvedi, Anirban Saha and V.P. Saxena. 13. Geology, sedimentary environment and geochemistry of uraniferous arenite of Singhora Group, Chattisgarh Basin, Raipur District, Central India/D.K. Sinha, Aklhileshwar Tiwary, S.C. Verma and Rajendra Singh. 14. Recognition criteria and sedimentology of the Dolostone-hosted strata bound uranium mineralisation in Vempalle formation, Cuddapah Basin, Andhra Pradesh, India/A.V. Jeyagopal and R. Dhanaraju. 15. On the occurrence, X-ray characterisation and geochemistry of Radioactive Fanglomerate near Mohalai, Bastar District, Madhya Pradesh and implications/Yamujna Singh. III. Metallic and non-metallic minerals: 16. Lead zinc mineralization in Vindhyan rocks of Damoh District, M.P. - A remote sensing based study/S.N. Bhagat and P.K. Verma. 17. Sedimentology of the Strata-Bound Tal Phosphorites of Himachal Lesser Himalaya/R. N. Tiwari and R.N.S. Yadav. 18. Occurrence of Silica Sand Around Charkha, Mirzapur District and Pathraur, Sonbhadra District, U.P./D.P. Singh, R. Sharma and Shyam Narayan. 19. Clay occurrences and their industrial suitability in parts of North Tripura, West Tripura and South Tripura Districts of Tripura, India/S.P. Nim and M. Suresh Chandran. 20. Mineral prospecting and exploration : some unusual aids/M.N. Mehrotra, R.N. Tiwari and Ajai Srivastava. IV. Ground water: 21. Bed-rock topography delineation for ground water prospect in East-UP Ganga Basin from gravity observations/M. Banerjee and H.P. Srivastava. 22. Statistical optimization for cost effective drilling depth for shallow bore wells in hard rocks - a case study in Mahendragarh Area, Haryana/D.S. Pandey and R.N. Tiwari. 23. Artificial recharge to solve drinking water problem of Narnaul Town, District Mahendragarh, Haryana/R.N. Tiwari and D.S. Pandey. 24. A study on the coastal ground water quality of the tropical region - case study from Pondicherry/A. L. Ramanathan, D. Thondimuthu, R. Mani, K. Manoharan and R.M. Kathiresan. 25. Impact of opencast coal mining on water quality/Arvind Kumar, G.C. Chowdhary and S. Ratan. 26. Nitrate pollution of ground water in an agricultural tract of Jaunpur District (U.P)/Raman Chaturvedi, G.C. Chowdhary and H.P. Agrawal. V. Basin analysis. 27. Cenozoic oscillatory sedimentation in the Indo-Gangetic Foredeep/V. Raiverman, D.N. Singh, N. Suresh and James Peters. 28. Significance of hard ground in basin analysis : an example from Jurassic of Kachchh, Gujrat/Anand K. Jaitly. 29. Stratigraphic correlation of coal bearing sediments in Godavari Graben : Palynological parameter/Suresh C. Srivastava and Neerja Jha.
From the preface: "Present volume is the outcome of the National Symposium organised by the Department of Geology, Banaras, Hindu University during Oct. 28-30, 1996 to commemorate its platinum jubilee year together with the XIII convention of the Indian Association of sedimentologists. In order to provide useful scientific interaction for the cause of development of applied research in sedimentology, the focal theme "Recent researches in Sedimentary Basins: implications in the Exploration of Natural Resources" was selected. It is well known that sedimentary processes that form mineral deposits are controlled by tectonics, paleogeography, depositional environment and provenance. Facies analysis and sedimentary basin evolution currently form the most important exploration tool. Modelling of basins are useful for mining and exploration of mineral resources. Various papers related to these aspects were presented and discussed in the symposium.
"The proceeding volume comprises 29 selected papers which are grouped into five subdivisions-hydrocarbons, atomic minerals, metallic and non-metallic minerals, ground water and basin analysis. The key-note addresses delivered by eminent sedimentologists/geoscientists during the symposium have also been included. The volume provides information that shall be useful to all those interested in the study of sedimentary basins and their mineral potentials. It is expected that this work will fulfill the gap in our existing knowledge and stimulate geoscientists concerned with the problems of basin analysis. I sincerely hope that this compendium would be much useful to the students and other geoscientists engaged in teaching, research and exploration of natural resources."
