SANDIP BANDYOPADHYAY
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Volume 127 Issue 2 March 2018 Article ID 0029
Biplab Bhattacharya Joyeeta Bhattacharjee Sandip Bandyopadhyay Sudipto Banerjee Kalyan Adhikari
The present research is an attempt to assess the Barakar Formation of the Raniganj Gondwana Basin, India, in the frame of fluvio-marine (estuarine) depositional systems using sequence stratigraphic elements. Analysis of predominant facies associations signify deposition in three sub-environments: (i) ariver-dominated bay-head delta zone in the inner estuary, with transition from braided fluvial channels (FA-B1) to tide-affected meandering fluvial channels and flood plains (FA-B2) in the basal part of the succession; (ii) a mixed energy central basin zone, which consists of transitional fluvio-tidal channels (FA-B2), tidal flats, associated with tidal channels and bars (FA-B3) in the middle-upper part ofthe succession; and (iii) a wave-dominated outer estuary (coastal) zone (FA-B4 with FA-B3) in the upper part of the succession. Stacked progradational (P1, P2)–retrogradational (R1, R2) successions attest to one major base level fluctuation, leading to distinct transgressive–regressive (T–R) cycles with development of initial falling stage systems tract (FSST), followed by lowstand systems tract (LST)and successive transgressive systems tracts (TST-1 and TST-2). Shift in the depositional regime from regressive to transgressive estuarine system in the early Permian Barakar Formation is attributed to change in accommodation space caused by mutual interactions of (i) base level fluctuations in responseto climatic amelioration and (ii) basinal tectonisms (exhumation/sagging) related to post-glacial isostatic adjustments in the riftogenic Gondwana basins.
Volume 130 All articles Published: 3 February 2021 Article ID 0012 Research article
BIPLAB BHATTACHARYA JOYEETA BHATTACHARJEE SUDIPTO BANERJEE TAMANYA ROY SANDIP BANDYOPADHYAY
The sandstone-shale-coal succession of the Barakar Formation (early Permian) of the Raniganj Basin, India hosts low-diversity ichnoassemblages, containing ichnogenera
$\bf{Highlights}$
$\bullet$ Sedimentological–ichnological analysis signifies marine encroachment in Barakar Formation in peninsular India.
$\bullet$ Ichnoassemblages point to complex pattern of sediment–organism interactions with gross energy distribution.
$\bullet$ Sustained marine transgression event within the continental Gondwanaland during early Permian is visualized.
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