Geologic and climatic controls on the formation of the Permian coal measures in the Sohagpur coal field, Madhya Pradesh, India

Conference · Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1999

OSTI ID:20082385

Milici, R C; Warwick, P D; Mukhopadhyah, A; Adhikari, S; Roy, S P; Bhattacharyya, S

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Geological Survey of India (GSI) are concluding a cooperative study of the coking coal deposits in the Sohagpur coal field in central India. Because of the importance of coal in India's economy, the Coal Wing of the Geological Survey of India has studied the area intensely since the early 1980's. This report summarizes the overall stratigraphic, tectonic, and sedimentologic framework of the Sohagpur coal field area, and the interpretations of the geologic and climatic environments required for the accumulation of the thick Gondwana coal deposits, both coking and non-coking.

• Research Organization: US Geological Survey, Reston, VA (US)
• OSTI ID: 20082385
• Resource Relation: Conference: Sixteenth Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, Pittsburgh, PA (US), 10/11/1999--10/15/1999; Other Information: 1 CD-ROM. Operating systems required: Windows 95/98; Windows 3.X, Macintosh; PBD: 1999; Related Information: In: Sixteenth annual international Pittsburgh Coal Conference: Proceedings, [2000] pages.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
INDIA
COAL DEPOSITS
RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
STRATIGRAPHY
TECTONICS
SEDIMENTATION
GEOLOGIC HISTORY
PALEOCLIMATOLOGY