The cuddapah basin is one of a series of proterozoic basins that overlie the cratons of india that, due to limited geochronological and provenance constraints, have remained subject to speculation as to their time of deposition, sediment source locations, and tectonicgeodynamic significance. It hosts the cuddapah supergroup and the kurnool group of rocks. The archean and proterozoic history of peninsular india. Tectonics of the cuddapah basin and a model of its. Oct 22, 2015 broadband magnetotelluric investigations were carried out along nwse profile from potuluru to anjanpalli in the ne part of cuddapah basin. Geodynamic implications for the evolution of the eastern dharwar craton, southern india. Arcrelated pyroxenites derived from a longlived neoarchean subduction system at the southwestern margin of the cuddapah basin. Dec 11, 2017 conclusion cuddapah is a very important palaeomeso proterozoic sedimentary basin and is typically arcuate shape. Tectonic 2 framework for precambrian sedimentary basins in india 3 4 joseph g. Geochemistry of the palaeoproterozoic quartzites of lower. Detrital mineral age, radiogenic isotopic stratigraphy and.
The 84 km profile is adjacent to the eastern ghat mobile belt egmb and eastern dharwar craton edc, india. Application of remote sensing for delineation of uranium bearing vempalli dolomites in and around tummalapalli area, cuddapah basin, india raghu babu. Chapter 2 geology and sampling geology the crescent shaped mid proterozoic intracratonic cuddapah basin of peninsular india fig. G international journal of geomatics and geosciences volume 2 issue 3, 2012 843 from 1. The crescent shaped, easterly concave and ns trending cuddapah basin fig.
A birds eye view of some recent geological and geophysical work in the cuddapah basin and related conceptualisations. The age of the cuddapah and kurnool systems, southern india. A structural basin is a largescale structural formation of rock strata formed by tectonic warping of previously flatlying strata. The cuddapah basin in southern india has a potential for uranium mineralization due to some favorable factors such as its temporal, stratigraphic and tectonic settings. An original ew geological crosssection across the cuddapah basin is presented and is used to discuss the structural evolution of the basin. Basin information directorate general of hydrocarbons dgh.
Uranium mineralisaton in the gulcheru quartzite of cuddapah basin, in the tipparjupalle and cheruvula bodu areas, cuddapah district, a. Age and basin evolution of the cuddapah supergroup, india. Neither dyke has yet been tested for diamond by modern exploration techniques. Pandit2 5 1department of geological sciences, 241 williamson hall, university of florida, gainesville, fl 32611 usa. The cuddapah supergroup is developed in papaghni, nallamalai and srisailam subbasins and nallamalai group is highly deformed and folded. Structural basins are geological depressions, and are the inverse of domes. In fourth workshop on status, problems, and programmes in cuddapah basin, institute of india peninsular geology, hyderabad pp. Geomorphological and geoelectrical investigations for ground. Rock magnetic properties of proterozoic mafic dykes from the.
Highlights of its geology and mineral resources, by c. Pdf palaeoproterozoic sedimentation in the cuddapah. Stratigraphic and structural development of the precambrian. Cuddapah basin free download as powerpoint presentation. Sr dating of lava samples from the lowest group of the cuddapah system shows that the age of the base of the system may be as great as 1,700 m. Application of remote sensing for delineation of uranium. Imprints of a proterozoic tectonothermal anomaly below the 1. Bhima basin the ne trending irregularly sinous bhima basin fig. The crescent shaped, easterly concave and ns trending cuddapah basin. The lower part of the proterozoic cuddapah basin exposes three quartzite sequences, namely, gulcheru, pulivendla, and gandikota formations. Received 21 st february abstract a geochemical study on mudstone from sandstone cuddapah supergroup reveals two simultaneous sources, contributing sediments to the basin, one is a weathered source and. It has an arcuate length of 440 km and a width of145 km in the middle and is estimated to contain over 12 km of sediments and volcanics. The indian shield represents a vast repository of the precambrian geological record. Abstract an endeavour is made in the present study to identify.
In addition to information available in the range 0. The sedimentary basins of india, onland and offshore up to the 200m isobath, have an areal extent of about 1. Structures and their tectonic implications of the southern. Proterozoic cuddapah basin, on the eastern margin of the dharwar craton is an intracratonic basin of the indian shield fig. Broadly, this midproterozoic basin can be divided into three subbasins, papaghni, kurnool and nallamalai, which are characterized by distinct differences in lithology nagaraja rao 1987. The geological survey of indias overall map of the.
Structures and their tectonic implications of the southern part of. The cuddapah basin is crescent shaped and occupies an area of over 44,000 sq. It is the second largest purana basin next to the vindhyan cuddapah supergroup comprises of the papaghni, chitravati, nallamalai and srisailam quartzites cuddapah basin is a storehouse for many rich mineral resources like barytes. The proterozoic cuddapah basin of south india is one of the most important purana basins of peninsular india. Geochemistry of the palaeomesoproterozoic tadpatri shales. Sixteen stations were established with a station interval of 2 to 7 km. The kimberlites that intruded the lower section of the nallamalai group. The precambrian sedimentary basins were developed on four major archaean nuclei dharwar, bastar, singhbhum and aravallibundelkhand. Tectonics of the cuddapah basin narayanaswami geological. Stratigraphy of the cuddapah basin the cuddapah group introduction some important changes in the stratigraphy of the cuddapah group are summarized below see fig. The cuddapah basin sits in the southern part of the peninsular gneissic complex of edc.
The oldest sequence, the papaghni group is represented by fan. Basin introduction the cuddapah basin is located between latitudes. Please subscribe for geology concepts videos and geology. It assembles worldwide geological data in a consistently interpreted and standardized reference format for basin analysis, play and petroleum studies on a regional and global scale. The cuddapah basin in andhra pradesh is a remarkable tectonic and orogenic belt of the.
Palaeoproterozoic sedimentation in the cuddapah basin, south india and regional tectonics. Different regions of india contain rocks belonging to different geologic periods, dating as far back as the eoarchean era. In this basin, middle to late proterozoic sediments of the cuddapah supergroup and the kurnool group are preserved. It overlies the granitic basement of eastern dharwar craton with a profound unconformity and has faulted contacts at many places. The vempalle fault, north to the idupulapaya fault, runs 40 km. Petrogenesis of proterozoic lamproites and kimberlites from. New constraints from zircon, monazite and uraninite dating on the commencement of sedimentation in the cuddapah basin, india volume 155 issue 6 debidarsani sahoo, kamal lochan pruseth, dewashish upadhyay, sameer ranjan, dipak c. Palaeoproterozoic sedimentation in the cuddapah basin, south. Cuddapah basin is a crescent shaped sedimentary basin of proterozoic age lying on the eastern dharwar craton fig. Sedimentation history and depositional model of palaeo.
The time series data were processed with single site and remote reference. Pdf palaeoproterozoic sedimentation in the cuddapah basin. Chapter ii geology and mineral resources of the pennar basin geologically the pennar basin consists of recent to subrecent alluvium gravel and sands, late proterozoic formations of kurnool group consist of kunderu formations, paniam formations and jammalamadugu formations. Pdf uranium mineralisaton in the gulcheru quartzite of. Sedimentary basins in india india has 26 sedimentary basins covering an area of 3. Pdf the proterozoic cuddapah basin of south india hosts a number of unconformitybound. Geomorphological and geoelectrical investigations for ground water resources in pulang river basin, andhra pradesh dr. Age and basin evolution of the cuddapah supergroup 7 belts including an older 35803200 ma sargur group and a younger 30002500 ma dharwar supergroup chadwick et al.
Geology of the cuddapah basin and its lithostratigraphy. Nagari quartzite of the nallamali group of the cuddapah supergroup occurs as outliers in the southern end of the cuddapah basin. Chapter 16 tectonics of the cuddapah basin and a model of. These are also called nagari outliers named after the type area of nagari quartzite. Sep 19, 2019 geology of the cuddapah basin and its lithostratigraphy. Provenance and tectonic setting of the late paleoproterozoic. Gulcheru quartzites show angular to subangular texture, whereas pulivendla and gandikota quartzites contain rounded to subrounded detrital grains.
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