GEOLOGICAL
GEOLOGICAL FIELD TRIP TO DEHRADUN
(1s to 4th
December, 2014
Trip Led by Prof. Dr! A"o# $%&'h and guided by
Dr!R!! A)m% . Accompained by Dr. U.S Prasad
Submitted by-
RAVI
RAVI SHANKAR
MPE14-001
INTRODUCTION
A geological trip to study of H%m*+*"*+*& 'eo"o'+ led by Prof.
(Dr.) A.K Singh to Dehradun. The trip guided by Dr. R. A!"i
and accompanied by Dr. U.S Prasad. The trip was organized for
four day study tour of eld exposure of dierent stratigraphic
se!uence" sedimentology and tectonic settings of himayalayan
region of Dehradun #ussoorie sector of $arhwal region consisting
of #h$ %$ss$r Hi"a%a&an and S'-hi"a%a&an .
DA- 1
MADEV*A AREA+ DEHRADUN
Stop1: Maldevta Area (near Som River)
%ere we examine #ain thrust boundary &#T'( b)w Shi*ali+ hills
and lower %imalayan hills. There is fault along Som ,i*er. Stri+e is
/ along 01-S2 and dip is 3/ degree long 0-2. Drop stone found
which e*idence of glaciations. 4t is a great e*ent of freezing in
which entire earth was freezing. 5n ri*er bed we found boulders
of +rol &limestone( and there is angular fragment inside clay
matrix.
Stop2: Chandpur
The 6handpur 7ormation is exposed along this mule trac+ from
the Toll barrier to 8athanghat for about .9+m. The se!uence
consists of blac+ to grey argillites with interbedded sandstone and
siltstone. Sandstone and siltstone within the argillites are : to 9
em thic+ and show laminations. The sandstone gets relati*ely
thic+er in the upper part and can be traced for few hundred
meters. These sandstones show laminations and pass upward into
0agthat 7ormation. The scale of lamination" continuity of thinly
bedded units and straight planar contacts between layers indicate
their deposition under low energy conditions" most probably in
lagoons in the nearshore shelf .
Stop3: Naghathat (middle shivalik)
The 0agthat ;uartzite occurs for a distance of about <9/ meters
at 8athanghat. The thinly bedded 6handpur 7ormation passes
transitionally into thinly to thic+ly bedded se!uence of siltstone
with interbedded argillites &mudstones( in the lower part. 4t shows
laminations and is grey to purple coloured. %igher up" thinly
bedded !uartzite sandstone with interbedded shale pass into
thic+ly-bedded grey to white !uartzite. Locally gritty !uartzite is
p=resent. 0ear the contact of 'laini 7ormation glauconitic and
pyritebearing !uartzite is present. Trough cross stratication"
ripple be.dding and parallel lamination are commonly obser*ed.
4nterbedded siltstone and mudstone show sharp contact
relationship. The mixed type of facies &interbedded !uartzite"
siltstone and rarely shale( ha*e been deposited in mixed to sandy
tidal >at en*ironment &Singh" ?<@(.
Stop4: andel River
These are e*idence of a source existence. 8lenty of limestone are
founded. Sandy matrix roc+s are also be found. crol D limestone
are present. #icrobial acti*ity is *ery high. 1e get salt
psuedomorphous. 1e saw shale with organic content &high
phosphorous phosphate(.
DA- 2
RISHIKESH
Stop2: 2
Stop :' is located at the 4ron 'ridge &:.3 +m from Dehra Dun(
and #ohand ,ao intersection &7ig. :(. There are cli-forming
sandstones on the southern ban+ of the ri*er. Low-lying ri*er-bed
outcrops trending /I-?/J are" howe*er" the subEect of interest
at this outcrop. The extent of these low-lying exposures is B/ m
SUMMAR
The lithofacies and palaeoen*ironments emphasized in the Siwali+
$roup areK sandstone mudstone units of channelbar->ood plainG
origin &Stop (" multistoried sandstone bodies of maEor channel
belt &Stop G:. 7ining upward sandston &channel bars( of sandy
braided streams &Stop (" sandstone-pebbly-sandstone-
conglomerate se!uences representing the transition from a sandy
braided >u*ial system to a gra*el bedload braided >u*ial system
&Stop B( and conglomerate-sandstone beds representing distal
allu*ial fan deposits &Stop 9(. 4n the Lesser %imalayan sGe!uence"
the lithofacies and paleo-en*ironments emphasised areK *ery
thinly laminated siltstone and sandstone of 6handpur 7ormation
representing a muddy near-shore shelf se!uence &Stop 3("
crossbedded and Mlaser-bedded !uartzites= of 0agthat 7ormation
representing coastal sandbar complex of a shallow tidal sea &Stop
<(" immature polymictic conglor3erates of 'laini 7ormation
repreenting debris >ows in a shallow sea &Stop@(. interbedded
siltstone and sandstone of 4nfra-Frol 7ormation representing near-
shore shelf facies" thinly bedded marl and limestone of basal part
of Frol 7ormation &Frol A( indicating predominantly carbonate >at
facies &Stop ?(" green and red shale of Frol ' &Stop /("" pper
Frol carbonates &Frol 6" D and 2( representing intertidalSupratidal
>ats of a tidal sea &Stop ;-( and siltstonemudstone- sandstone
and !uartzite of the Tal 7ormation representing the deposits of a
shallow tidal complex &StopB(.
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