FIELD REPORT GALUDIH AND GHAATSHILA REGION OF SINGBHUM CRATON

SUBMITTED BY Harsh V Dwivedi 3rd year, Intgtd. B.S-M.S Dept of Earth Sciences

GUIDED BY Dr. Kathakali Bhattacharyya Assistant Professor Dept of Earth Sciences

CONTENTS

1. Introduction 2. Geology of the region 3. Methodology 4. Observation 5. Recorded Data 6. Conclusion 7. Comments

INTRODUCTION:
The idea behind the field trip was to get more exposure towards outcrops and to observe their patterns and nature. Keeping this in mind the Galudih region of Singbhum craton was choosen by our instructor Dr. KATHAKALI BHATTACHARYYA to serve the purpose. Northern part of the Galudih region was very rich in terms of outcrop pattern and for 7 days it was the field to work on.
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FIELD AREA

BASE CAMP

GEOLOGY OF THE REGION:

Gaudih is a small village on the banks of the Subarnarekha river near Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. It is situated at approximately 22 38.72 N 86 24.569 E and lies in what is known as the Singhbhum Mobile Belt (SMB) which is bordered by the Singhbhum Craton to the south and the ChotaNagpur Granite- Gneiss Complex (CGGC) to the north. The fold belt is slightly curvilinear and has an approximate E-W strike and is believed to have been evolved during the Proterozoic Satpura Orogenic event. The Singhbhum fold belt is made up of metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks categorized in three domains.

METHODOLOGY:
Fisrt day we went south from our base camp to get an idea of the rock types and to learn the tchniques to be used for recording the data. Moving south from the base camp we reached the river bank and observed the rock types and recorded the data. We followed the following method: 1. The strike of the beds and its dip was calculated with the help of Brunton. 2. Strike and dip of cleveage plane was calculated in the same way. 3. Rock type was observed (it was quartzite). 4. Rocks were looked for primary markers if any. 5. Orientation of Joints were also measured if present. All this data would be next to uselss if we cannot locate ourselves in ther map. For this we also learned how to plot our location in the map. Following method was adopted to locate ourselves: 1. Stand on the most elevated point in your proximity. 2. Find for a feature which is also present in the map, for example ridge, bridge etc.. 3. Look the feature through thr brunton and note the reading. 4. Take reading from atleast three features. 5. Plot the trend on the map, their intersection point will be our location.

OBSERVATION:
We were alloted the region on the north of galudih, near the Maryland Institute of tech. and mangmnt. The data recording was done and it was alongwith ploted in the map. Through our exploration of the area we found many interesting structures, some of them were 1. Plumose strucure 2. Cross beddings 3. F2 folds 4. M-folds 5. Joints sets and joint systems 6. Veins M-folds and F2 folds helped us in recognizing and confirming the Hinge zone, also the dips of the beds also became gentler near the hinge. We were successful in discovering and tracing both the limbs of the fold, it was an Antiform fold with very steeply plunging hinge line.

RECORDED DATA:
Following data was recorded in the field For 1st fold: Bedding data: NORTHERN LIMB No. Strike Dip amnount 1 325 83 2 310 84 3 300 82 4 300 73 5 320 83 6 318 86 7 330 78 8 340 77 9 320 52 Cleavage data: No. Strike 1 310 2 317 3 330 4 310 5 317 6 340 7 0 8 320 9 340 10 165 11 165 12 175 13 160 14 160 15 170 16 150 Dip amount 72 75 72 85 70 80 76 69 66 55 50 58 63 60 63 60 SOUTHRN LIMB No. Strike Dip amount 1 100 36 2 98 32 3 105 39 4 95 33 5 110 31 6 95 44 7 103 53 8 110 52 9 115 56

Dip D E N N N E E E E E Dip D N E E N E E E E E W W W W W W W

Dip D S S S S S S S S S

Plot of bedding planes on srereonet The hinge orientation comes out to be 25,129

For 2nd fold: Bedding data: NORTHERN LIMB No. Strike Dip amount 1 310 76 2 320 80 3 313 80 4 325 70 5 38 50 6 10 62 7 35 75 8 345 72 9 12 63 10 10 61 11 90 31 Minor folds: No. Strike 1 125 2 346 3 118 4 24 Dip amount 74 75 61 57

Dip D N E N E E E E E E E S Dip D S E S E

Bedding plot for northern limb of 2nd hinge zone

Minor fold plot Hinge line from 1st minor fold 47,143 Hinge line from 2nd minor fold 48,156