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| Diagenesis, facies and palaeocurrent analysis of Upper Rewa Sandstone around Sagar, Central India |
| Gaurav K. Singha*, Ashish K. Raia, Arvind K. Singhb |
aDepartment of Applied Geology, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar 470003, Madhya Pradesh, India.
bGeological Survey of India, Shillong, India. |
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Abstract The stratigraphic surface represented by a major contact between the Archean Bundelkhand Granite and the extensive Proterozoic Vindhyan sediments is a regional basement cover unconformity. This crystalline-sedimentary interface reflects an intense weathering of continental crust during marine transgression. Three time-transgressive sand deposition events viz. Kaimur, Rewa and Bhander are mainly witnessed during the entire Vindhyan sedimentation. Stratigraphically, the Upper Rewa Sandstone comprises one of these events in the Vindhyan Basin. Considerable progress has been made in interpreting these sandstones as a function of entirely marine process to a combination of tidal-fluvio-eolian activities. All the results have so far been attained on the basis of sedimentary facies, provenance, palaeocurrent analysis, and some of petrography. A distinct differentiation between marine and fluvial components of the Upper Rewa Sandstone still remains uncertain. Here, we use diagenesis as a parameter for the first time along with facies and palaeocurrent analysis to acquire a clear comprehension of marine- and fluvial-dominated processes. The present study spans 27 square kilometer area covering 15 stratigraphic sections with a collection of 571 directional data from the facies specific sedimentary structures, and 28 samples obtained for the thin section analysis.
The lower unit of the Upper Rewa Sandstone shows facies association typical of tidal environment, along with polymodal palaeocurrent. These rocks are well sorted and dominantly lithified by authigenic cement. Profuse development of a complex of syntaxial, passive pore fills, and grain replacive cements reflect normally pressured nature of the lower unit sandstones. The upper unit of the Upper Rewa Sandstone however, reveals a facies pattern resembling fluvial processes and unimodal palaeocurrent plot. They exhibit poor sorting, siliceous, and ferruginous matrix, and development of intense stylolites. Since, pressure solution is a dominant mode of lithification; the upper unit rocks therefore, are overpressured. Sand deposition event pertaining to the Upper Rewa Sandstone is found to comprise both marine and fluvial processes. Such a diagenesis based approach can be applied for marking a possible facies based unconformity between genetically different depositional units.
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Received: 29 March 2023
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Corresponding Authors:
*gauravks@dhsgsu.edu.in; letterstowest@gmail.com (G.K. Singh).
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