Significance of Parting lineation in paleoslope studies: An example from fluvial Siwalik sandstones of Ramnagar-Kaladungi area, Nainital, Uttrakhand
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Siwalik Group, Parting lineation, Palaeoslope, Ramnagar-KaladungiAbstract
Parting lineation, a characteristic feature of many fine grained sandstone and siltstone, is widely used as additional parameter to deduce sediment transport direction especially where cross bedding and ripples marks are poorly developed. The Lower and Middle Siwalik Sub Groups of Ramnagar-Kaladungi area exhibit paucity of cross-bedding, though parting lineation are well developed. A sum of 680 measurements of parting lineation from Lower (531) and Middle (149) Siwalik Sub Group are statistically analyzed. Results suggest north-northeast – south-southwest line of sediment transport in the Lower and Middle Siwalik Groups of study area. The deduced line of sediment movement is in conformity with the southerly sediment transport obtained using cross-bedding data in this area and elsewhere in other parts of Siwalik foreland basin. These two-dimensional sedimentary structures may, therefore, provide additional support in deducing palaeoslope.
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Kayastha, N. B. 1979, Report on Geology of Kailali-Kanchanpur area, Far Western Nepal, Unpublished Report of Department of Mines and Geology, Kathmandu: 27p
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Tamrakar N. K. and Syangbo, D. K., 2014 Petrography and provenance of the Siwalik Group sanstones from the main boundary thrust region, Samiri river area, Central Nepal, Sub-Himalaya, Boletin de Geologia: 36 (2), 1-27.
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Tewari R. C., 1998 a, Plant fossil orientation in Early Permian Barakar Formation of eastern-central India Gondwana basins. The Palaeobotanists, 47: 32-36.
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Tokuoka, T. and Yoshida, M., 1984, Some characteristics of the Siwalik (Churia) Group in Chitwan Dun, Central Nepal, Journal of Nepal Geological Society, 4: 63-72.
Ulak, P D, 2009, Lithostratigraphy and late Cenozoic fluvial styles of Siwalik Group along Kankai River section, East Nepal Himalaya, Bulletin of the Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University Vol. 12, 2009, pp. 63-74
Ullah K, Arif M., and Shah M. T, 2009; Petrography of sandstones from Kamakial and Chinji Formations, south-western Kohat Plateau, NW Pakistan: Implications for source lithology and palaeoclimate, J. Him. Earth Sci. V-39, pp 1-13.
Valdiya, K. S., 2010, Making of India: Geodynamic Evaluation, McMillan, New Delhi,
Visser, C.F. & Johnson, G.D., 1978. Tectonic control of late Pliocene molasse sedimentation in a portion of the Jhelum reentrant, Pakistan. Son. Geol. Rund. Band 67. 15-87.
Wynne, A. B. (1878): Notes on the Tertiary zone and underlying rocks in the northwest Punjab, Rec. Geol. Surv. India., v-I(3), pp. 107-132.
Yoshida, M. and Arita, K., 1982, On the Siwaliks observed along some routes in Central Nepal, Journal of Nepal Geological Society, 2: 59-66.
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Misra, S. M., Mishra, M., & Tewari, R. C. (2019). Significance of Parting lineation in paleoslope studies: An example from fluvial Siwalik sandstones of Ramnagar-Kaladungi area, Nainital, Uttrakhand. Journal of The Indian Association of Sedimentologists (peer Reviewed), 36(1), 84–100. Retrieved from http://journal.indiansedimentologists.com/ojs/index.php/1/article/view/70
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