Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Chhotanagpur granite gneiss in relation to the schistose rocks around Murhu, Ranchi district, Bihar: a structural approach

  • Published:
Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences - Earth and Planetary Sciences Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Structural analysis of the Chhotanagpur gneiss and the adjoining schistose rocks of the Singhbhum Group indicates perfect conformity in their structures on macroscopic, mesoscopic and microscopic scales. This precludes the possibility of the gneissic rocks having intruded into the deformed and metamorphozed schistose rocks. The observed features can be best explained by considering the gneissic rocks as the basement and the schistose rocks as the cover, both deformed and metamorphozed together. However, this does not exclude the possibility of the gneissic rocks being reactivated and intruding elsewhere.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Bhattacharyya D S 1983 Tectonic evolution of north western Singhbhum;Rec. Res. Geol. (ed.) S Sinha Roy, (Delhi: Hindusthan Publishing Corp.) Vol. 10 pp. 72–80

    Google Scholar 

  • Bhattacharyya D S and Sanyal P 1988 The Singhbhum orogen—its structure and stratigraphy;Precambrian of the Eastern Indian Shield (ed.) D Mukhopadhyay,Geol. Soc. India Mem. Vol 88, pp. 85–112

  • Chattopadhya B and Saha A K 1974 The Neropahar pluton in Eastern India;Neues. Jb. Mineral. Abh. 121 103–26

    Google Scholar 

  • Dunn J A 1929 Geology of N. Singhbhum;Geol. Surv. India Mem. 54 1–66

    Google Scholar 

  • Ghosh N C 1983 Geology, tectonics and evolution of the Chhotonagpur granite gneiss complex;Rec. Res. Geol. 10 (ed.) S Sinha Roy (Delhi: Hindusthan Publishing Corp.) Vol. 10, pp. 211–247

    Google Scholar 

  • Naha K 1965 Metamorphism in relation to stratigraphy, structure and movements in part of east Singhbhum;Geol. Min. Metall. Soc. India J. 37 41–88

    Google Scholar 

  • Roy A B 1966 Structural analysis of the Precambrian rocks around Gamarhia, Central Singhbhum;Contributions to the geology of Singhbhum (Calcutta: Jadavpur University)

    Google Scholar 

  • Sarkar A N 1982 Structural and petrological evolution of the Precambrian rocks in western Singhbhum;Geol. Surv. India Mem. 113 1–82

    Google Scholar 

  • Sarkar S N and Saha A K 1962 A revision of Pre-cambrian stratigraphy and tectonics of Singhbhum;Geol. Min. Metall. Soc. India Q. J. 34 97–136

    Google Scholar 

  • Sengupta D K and Sarkar S N 1964 Structure of the granitic rocks and the metamorphites around Muri-silli-Jhalida, 22nd Int. Geol. Congr., Vol. 4, 374–389 (New Delhi)

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Geology and Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology, 721302, Kharagpur, India

    D. S. Bhattacharyya, Anjan Ghosal & V. Ravi Kant

Authors
  1. D. S. Bhattacharyya
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Anjan Ghosal
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. V. Ravi Kant
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Bhattacharyya, D.S., Ghosal, A. & Kant, V.R. Chhotanagpur granite gneiss in relation to the schistose rocks around Murhu, Ranchi district, Bihar: a structural approach. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Earth Planet Sci.) 99, 269–277 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02839394

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02839394

Keywords

Search

Navigation