Mahanadi Fm
Period:
Quaternary
Age Interval:
Pliocene to Recent.
Province:
E.India Mahanadi Basin
Type Locality and Naming
SUBSURFACE: [Original Publication: Raju D.S.N, Dwivedi R.N, Misra Ravi, Stratigraphy of Mahanadi Basin, (2009) pp 293-296 in Raju and Misra (2009), ONGC Bulletin, Vol. 44, no.2]
Lithology and Thickness
Siliciclasics. Loose sands, clays and siltstone. Varies from 200-600 m.
Lithology Pattern:
Siltstone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Lower boundary contact to Jagatsinghpur Fm is gradational to unconformable.
Upper contact
Upper boundary is sea bed.
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Age
Pliocene to Recent.
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Piacenzian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
3.60
Ending stage:
Holocene
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
0.00
Depositional setting
Deltalic to inner shelf.
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
D.S.N Raju