Cyclic sedimentation of the Karharbari Formation (Damuda Group), Talchir Gondwana basin, Orissa |
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| Authors: | Rabindra Nath Hota and Madhusmita Sahoo |
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| Institution: | (1) P.G. Department of Geology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, 751 004, India |
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| Abstract: | The cyclic arrangement of lithofacies of the Karharbari Formation of the Damuda Group from a part of the Talchir Gondwana
basin has been examined by statistical techniques. The lithologies have been condensed into five facies states viz. coarse-,
medium-, fine-grained sandstones, shale and coal for the convenience of statistical analyses. Markov chain analysis indicates
the arrangement of Karharbari lithofacies in form of fining upward cycles. A complete cycle consists of conglomerate or coarse-grained
sandstone at the base sequentially succeeded by medium-and fine-grained sandstones, shale and coal at the top. The entropy
analysis categorizes the Karharbari cycles into the C-type cyclicity, which is essentially a random sequence of lithologic
states. Regression analysis undertaken in the present study indicates the existence of sympathetic relationship between total
thickness of strata (net subsidence) and number and average thickness of sedimentary cycle and antipathic relationship between
number and average thickness of sedimentary cycle. These observations suggest that cyclic sedimentation of the Karharbari
Formation was controlled by autocyclic process by means of lateral migration of streams activated by intrabasinal differential
subsidence, which operated within the depositional basin and the channels carrying coarse grade clastic sediments, which make
the cycles thicker, tend to be more common in the areas of maximum subsidence. Clastic sediments issued from the laterally
migrating rivers interrupted the cyclic sedimentation of the Karharbari Formation in many instances. |
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| Keywords: | Cyclic sedimentation Markov chain analysis Entropy analysis Regression analysis Karharbari Formation Talchir Gondwana Basin Orissa |
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