Raniganj Formation
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The Raniganj Formation is a major coal-bearing geological unit of the Gondwana sequence in eastern India, notable for its extensive bituminous coal seams and associated sedimentary rocks.
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coal-bearing formation
ⓘ
geologic formation ⓘ |
| contains |
coal seams
ⓘ
cyclothemic coal–clastic cycles ⓘ plant fossils ⓘ |
| containsResource |
bituminous coal
ⓘ
coal ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| depositionalEnvironment |
fluvio-deltaic
ⓘ
lacustrine ⓘ |
| economicImportance | major coal-producing unit ⓘ |
| geologicAge | Late Permian ⓘ |
| geologicPeriod | Permian ⓘ |
| lithology |
bituminous coal
ⓘ
carbonaceous shale ⓘ claystone ⓘ sandstone ⓘ shale ⓘ siltstone ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Damodar Valley basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Raniganj Coalfield NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Raniganj NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlies | Barakar Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| paleogeographicContext | Gondwana continent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Gondwana Supergroup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Jharkhand
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchField |
economic geology
ⓘ
sedimentology ⓘ stratigraphy ⓘ |
| sequence | Upper Gondwana succession ⓘ |
| stratigraphicUnitOf | Gondwana sequence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | Gondwana rift basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| underlies | Panchet Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | coal mining ⓘ |
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