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Missing Coal Seam between East and West Bokaro near Lugu Hill of Damodar Basin, India: A Geological Model

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The coal formation of the Damodar basin is found in parts of the Indian states of West Bengal and Jharkhand. However, the potentiality of the coal formation and its presence across the basin are not equal. Both East Bokaro and West Bokaro are highly fertile and productive for high-quality coal. However, due to the lack of coal seams, no significant discoveries can be made between these two regions. The purpose of the present study is to identify the reasons for the lack of coal seam between the areas of the eastern and western Bokaro of the Damodar basin. The study area was chosen near the Lugu hill, adjacent to the Ghato area in the West Bokaro based on the geological significance. The presence of the coal seam is not identified in the study area. To reach the objective of the study an integrated geological model was developed based on laboratory analysis, computational and analytical approach. Newly acquired shallow seismic data, earlier acquired digitized gravity data and drilled well data were used for the study. Rock samples were collected from discrete areas of the Lugu hill for laboratory analysis. The integrated geological depositional model suggests that crustal thinning and basement upliftment is the significant reason for the absence of coal seam in between East and West Bokaro. Several tectonic activities and associated intrusion are another factor for the absence of coal in the area.

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Acknowledgments

We are highly obliged to Prof. R. K Verma and Mr. Debabrata Ghosh of earlier known Indian School of Mines currently known as Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad for extensive work in Damodar River Valley basin on Gravity survey with 850 station support. This data used for our current study towards gravity interpretation after digitization from the published document. We are also thankful to Rock Physics laboratory and DST-FIST programme of Department of Applied Geophysics for instrumentation support to conduct this research work. We want to convey our distinctive thanks to Rock Mechanics laboratory of the Mining Engineering Department, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad towards providing instrumentation facility. Our sincere gratitude to TEQIP-II (Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme — II), MHRD scheme conducted by IIT(ISM) Dhanbad towards support to our research work in terms of Minor Research Programme. Our sincere gratitude to the Research and Development section of IIT(ISM) towards sanctioning of FRS project. Our special thanks to Geophysical Data Quantitative Interpretation laboratory (GQIL), Department of Applied Geophysics and laboratory members — Mr. Raman Chahal, Mr. Krishna Mohan Rai and Mr. Madhav Pandey for their immense support in fieldwork. We are profoundly grateful to Prof. Rima Chatterjee, Head, Department of Applied Geophysics, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad for her valuable suggestion and technical support to conduct this research work. Finally, we would like to say our special thanks to the Department of Applied Geophysics and IIT(ISM) Dhanbad for tremendous support towards conducting research work.

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Sinha, S.K., Gupta, S.D. Missing Coal Seam between East and West Bokaro near Lugu Hill of Damodar Basin, India: A Geological Model. J Geol Soc India 96, 298–307 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-020-1550-9

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