Barakar Formation
E660092
Barakar Formation is a Permian-age sedimentary rock unit in the Indian Gondwana basins, notable for its extensive coal-bearing strata that form a major source of coal in regions like the Raniganj coalfield.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geologic formation
ⓘ
sedimentary rock unit ⓘ |
| ageRange | approximately 299–272 million years ago ⓘ |
| belongsToBasin |
Damodar Valley basins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Son–Mahanadi basins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coalRank | generally high-volatile bituminous ⓘ |
| containsFossil | plant fossils ⓘ |
| containsResource |
bituminous coal
ⓘ
clay ⓘ sand ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| depositionalEnvironment |
deltaic
ⓘ
fluvial ⓘ |
| economicImportance | major coal-bearing formation in India ⓘ |
| geologicAge | Permian ⓘ |
| geologicPeriod | Early Permian ⓘ |
| hasMember |
carbonaceous shales
ⓘ
coal seams ⓘ cross-bedded sandstones ⓘ |
| importanceFor | Indian coal industry ⓘ |
| lithology |
coal
ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ shale ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Indian Gondwana basins ⓘ |
| majorCoalField |
Bokaro coalfield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jharia coalfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Karanpura coalfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Raniganj coalfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Talcher coalfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Barakar River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Gondwana Supergroup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionalExtent |
central India
ⓘ
eastern India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchField |
paleobotany
ⓘ
sedimentology ⓘ stratigraphy ⓘ |
| stratigraphicPosition |
lies above Talchir Formation
ⓘ
underlies Barren Measures Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | Gondwana rift basins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| thickness | hundreds of meters ⓘ |
| usedFor | coal mining ⓘ |
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