10Oct 2017

GRANULOMETRIC ANALYSIS AND PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PALAEOGENE DISANG -BARAIL TRANSITIONAL SEQUENCE IN PARTS OF KOHIMA SYNCLINORIUM, NAGA HILLS, NE INDIA.

  • Department of Geology, Kohima Science College (Aut), Jotsoma, Nagaland.
  • Department of Earth Science, Assam University, Silchar.
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The Palaeogene Disang - Barail Transitional Sequence (DBTS) cropping at the tip of the Kohima Synclinorium, Naga Hills has been analyzed for its grain - size characteristics and their interpretations in terms of environmental processes. Besides graphical and statistical parameters; attempts have also been made to analyze the size - data using multigroup discriminant function after Sahu (1983). The grain-size frequency distribution, descriptive statistical parameters, nature of Cummulative curves and the multigroup discriminant function analyses including V1 - V2 plot, all indicate that the DBTS correspond approximately to turbidity deposits.

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[Lily Sema and Nagendra Pandey. (2017); GRANULOMETRIC ANALYSIS AND PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PALAEOGENE DISANG -BARAIL TRANSITIONAL SEQUENCE IN PARTS OF KOHIMA SYNCLINORIUM, NAGA HILLS, NE INDIA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Oct). 232-243] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Nagendra Pandey
Assam University

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/5526      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/5526

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