PPP P I Ow wb SSeoey do: BOVESLSELLS VVESueVbeoeEee dy da SUYSEL EVEGE ; GouUTS Geouoarea, Fei Report ON KAPTAT-CHANDRAGHONA ROAD CUT SECTION Report submitted fn requirement of partial fulfillment of the syllabus fon 7 eae BS. (Hon 5.) in Geology Submitted by Name ? Mehra, Mogaior Lipsi ] 5 Bram RellNo® 1323 C = elass Roll No 2 SN-20 (XA Sessfon 2 2008-2009 | Ww Sy Date of Submission ¢ 43™ APRIL 2010 = DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF DRAKA |SS beb5 8606658 SSSKSOVOVUOEEGEES es Ben nan ABSTRACT “The field nape} te prepared Teegh bmief Feld a aut zection eon along kaptoi- Chandnaghene nood Shruachurclly Yeiploi-Chondnag here edd cer essnn q assymmetnicsl Bid aith is mainly double plunging doult ond joint L sequenc= | Th ths ated ano ao tWe comprising Alemodion of stele: sandetons ond raudstor| tal Fhe Rock 4ype of His oe te ccdimentony 7 97 eniod uppes dentory The Ponrmoction: 7 are shale . Cece eral ies Changnechani shal ond Licker bog? Biichant shale guidied anea fee finel fo, be the olen fhe gxiol neqion of Has ee unconfontably overline allosiur . Younger expose by loose a Rock Lichaloogen sond storeDe a mm mm BURRESS Se SSO ESSCeEwee SSUES See wg 3 NE O88 18 Ne te Ie AbkNOWLEDQEMENT Mleh tow Be Final , J cont to thonk the Alenig hy Dreinage * Negeletion and Cultivetion *Rpulotion and Culture Rene oer renee ete eeerersqesgaeeaasenaae COR Rah EOLOCATION MAP INDDEA BENGAL . \ BURMACeeeeeeeeeeeeedeueee seo oS SS46G4545586 ee eSeES and. Relief 4 ef We cowl ap NNW-SSE brercling | er part of the. topognoPh fhe invert wed our consists oi “j esteru poccallel hills ceponoted by velley* The © ‘i ed | poorl of The ame ian wea oa in naoo in the gouth ond gravelly ath aq wok jhe north ora te excel, oo ad *! cmphadty TON necent alluvial eediment s The A nephe or bovin fo bela the norge> aha: hilte, hove nine been] Jabnuptly nisen prom The Keone phully Ore of He eignificont geome ; sheam fhe counse af Srilebant is folleciirg alogic fechas | Jof dhe oanea is Hae. ankelinel oes,» “1h glndom 2 of volley tess kpal and This type compasee alor 1a pnticlinel valley [if comparatively weaker nocks one J olorg He cos - Another ‘mpontort Rite Ney oes in » ddapamoariles fhe hilly ance thet a of eandslors ehile He le high eleseHon arn anes; composed sighwe shale less 7 at the. anna . aboot 4435 feet | composes of eleveltion he higher dhe fribedonies [cf the investigated! ome is 57 Leeoebooeee seeee “a a —b Lp ‘2 2 > oe > D > > > > 2 ’ > > a a ) > , , ; > > 5 , ) tA M | TOPOGRAPHY OF CHITTAGONG & | CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTSs6aeseee 66 sve evveededscces Drainage The bannaphally ard the dni buon sources of cide Supply The major dni buclonies of the between Kaplai ond Chaneriag ho Changna Chant, Keplai vhal ete nenponsi ble hn He daaing® of - hua one number Shuamlele in dhis aad « Thee locally known oss Charo 0 Banaichani , Bhilekoni ele OF J of the streams clay OP 4 | q | except feos which cumoin ae | ethole yean panna philly é 2 jes One jhe moire in the Auslical) Ou niNet no cute Sh ori ane mostly Je ae {\ oineome ane Bjrusms NA Chan See h as noteble Most oning conctere Wwe cleaning HkKARNAPHULI RIVER STREAMan the reonth af Februcr pn The month ol July: thea climate auppont the While qreath of mixed vege tedion- hs, most tress and also Bamboo study ah neck Oe Ahein te ignephic sludy of Vithelegh™ im UX \ a nocks + ple { Geolegica! Rood Section voniotion field investigation , in onder Ane bowe map adopted Dunivg dn Hee. oust enops Inonecsing J pocing medbods 20° dhe Jopognephis _ ath jhe on to. locate mi phic eornor the field ctedy ond 9e° etudied tegethe Wude ol | Heokanes were | a noted | beds deseniptions wien ane Withelogie {nleen fe ect jerk | Photogne phe oe impontont Repnenentotive gomple Cece token a analy sie AY Fhe frfanmachon geol base map 4, aonvent it to oO 42* a all al 1 ee \ i a t ee my £2 eB sees sss Sess SUSSSEUSSES eeuee eee eee eeeeeee on ee fade goted ot af dhe saves mop lotion ond oth The eupplied vase ured ve plod the of bed of on expasw sxsuning = aliilade of beds plons ord 2. 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Plesk lunch Bo Sqvone | diagane! acole dene token. 43.eeeeeeeeesce eee ese eoee eee eo eeees » CLINOMETER HAMMERELSES SSS Stnabtgrorry | Chapter ea : Grenerol Statement fe Stratigraphic Succession ;, Lithologie Description eases a je > SSBaagy so9 s 2x eeen 6 eesseeseeseoesseeeees e SO8868PEC OOO we e838 3 3838 aeae Sa eaee SSssueeeee eee eeece eeeee Like iothen aoe ae KeploiChondnoghene nas of geclimers! * oA ad epole of ession of gondeten= on 4> Accu = { nocle 18 embla— dhe seque monotonous suce Upper fertiongy pa oe defeamination ond © not possible due bX ab qe Te mocks of He ainoti graph’ rane aes exposed fn the keptei- Che: prog sectimentorry onigin, On the pasts of Helegy Ah | mocks howe beer divided into Pye fonmortions » They | Banaic ont | cord-ohale Fonmotion tod (Miocene - Reeen lannifiaotion o gence of fossil a9 onll® ahole] | ane Sitopahor Fonmetion , Chordneghon® aanclators formation + Chondnaghona clay store omen; Beyer sandra. Formation ond Allusivm The oldest rock fdentifiesd! 2 shilehant LL * - tie Grels Tn. shale exposed on tdendidied OP sardotors, zonds fans and. 2 crgest pock Bonatchant shale Lichube qs Sand stonr8 | Chord aghone | — 45[oS a9 POOR EO EN wows Sesesesueveessseeee s = Pe ES EG SSE SEES eee eseseseese et maphic succes: sion aH es T Pthe necks exposed inthe one netpor earec SE ylccing tate samdstort compact , mossne athe presence of |pebbles cirth some clay balls | aga Ebieieh: : det Ls fF tee iusjan Changrocheni) OLN" tug mudeiton — yoidh ooaish aney phickly| ont shoe jomineded Ghole | s5G Tipom (Chardnoglera Medium to coanse games| daretshrcsand eters |. dled ymadereately duke 240 | quente| qaddish bnocn thickly fenriagence> 0% ees compere} a Seta canton mt ~ oe y on Eanly . lporatcka eee Prinly te they pokaiil aichan) saeded shale atewale! | Miscee ca Shaler! yellocioh brown. mediums! ae Sondstors fine greiive 4 sandslone s Wogge Yellocsich Broce pmeciam | Jo fine gnoired massive | eordetove| candstone cikohele ond ne | Bhubsn siltolone | Nilehant | Light grey fins. te | Si q et | Sen | MEMES ained PEP moderately compact | and siliceous sandetora alternoted oth bluish 77S + Shole gray: modecedtely compact Henly qeailekly lominated shale Base not Seen 16bathe bee Sbeesess 22 weeveecoseeeucceeus . eovoere 2 a 2 2 2 2 » 2 » 2 2 » * * Litholegiee!| deseniption oe fae. the delailed pelnognoPha of the bk of folloows i 5 a> Boao eueceosien ane derenibed 4, Ghilehont gandstone ond shale ; (Gunme qreer. Ye nomed eepahor ior: fon. Hs 4ypico! occu a bel sides of ta Virb Tee Sonmotion othe focies te expree 4 pee onal rey ” hong jaded cus of Who pele oa fon be Banaichent chole Temmorte unit meg be ena lower oni a> etows, | | olin ord unconformity The per a> Silekont sone op Weage sandstone # Sondstone | Fhe gondstone of dhe gection 1S gels te @req fina grained thinly ck\y bedded | micno- c70o> laminated ard cosnent © ad iy a aru \ nO aléo prevent Sards ame élean ,ongquler t moclerrotely angular i égomled chonel oF a compact is siliceoun ASsee eseun8 * r ebbbbentecsesne re eeeee eevee Pode 55 se ee mack JyP eh: Text ORR Shole id qecttberad +o Shales art damined bluish fed to grad in colour Or light brecan and tend ore compo! «The ebele beds i Al ploces Het 2" store ae Cormpanctively infexcoloted cite Pine qreires gandgtore and Si ye e eae eondstene Ha tae confonmably 2 venlier qe gordsitore shale ord Be condoned bebiseen h to proanish Gq" Siilehant meee greene! Pleale Pine grained cmeene & PiPPIe endnotes te at ond inex bedded cot bream moderately compe Mieno- o72105 amish gnody bhale lomination ons! aunrent bedding and 3) Hotere ome. alyo present ar deven be hoe The TWholegic choroctenishes segger Ahot “He Shilchont gords tons ond ghol= is aled arth Bhelkon famation of Sonne 4 be cone) rare of Eonby Miocene =Poch 43eee séee Geceecedeceuan Foe i 'S SOSSESEE and Sandstone (tlant) shales = Bonoickoni + fe ex he unit is eth nomed fons gaat 2 Boraichan! shele Pre Bowro dypieet occ unance along oThis fonmetion pabon anticline sed or balh chondnaghene die flonks of predominondly composed of and serdatone - Pa Site] shale associaled siltstone predominartly composed of fo brownish Gr in shale , which 1S bluish grey sitstene O* 2 Shole and eilistene Tha portion ie ezloun , thinly lominoted Bluish greg ana thinly found chich oma colconzoun on node Band hth om laminoded Clay store ane also gticlly te hond an celia = Sondstone Yellosish grou do ligh’ yellow colour poets 4o medium grainesl | 27058 bedld fing ts privent b Comenting moteniol is siliceour aad compe Siemans feldepan 1 prec ond othen dan, minrole auwagyest tH vagy The litholo gic chortacten co. ehole if te be conralated fonmedion of Seana qnoup of wonly mi 13 ith Gokebil cena epoch| 9. Chondnagheno, sandstone i shis foamotion pably enositly queries confonn je composed Baratehant hole! foumedton «7 ‘ 1 I-4 $ pe pox Bose dak anak erg? TH ts expo” trthe gestern flank: +o brown "Sondstone the gordetone fe yellooiish ged ddad . The grein coloun , Mis mossine Jo thickly be : ee Jar te Pee este ca ceae eS end sab angie eonted well poured In ehope and oe muda So Tia corventing girucctrt, Tha mossive ye sonaistors Cnoss beddieg jp common ‘ 4 4 sondslor medental 15 calcareous cemen roast is hand and compact then the * Shale Meats of fine Unit tp bluish qr bo ed qreyieh yellow weathers d ey in colour and ott and howlrg thinky bedded te Jomineded inlexcalation of sands. The lithology ap descnibed Chondnaghona Poston: ie. ro we com grow Tipo dordeione ch TipomSsesees 2e Seeeeeseeosecadecada ; Pee eeeend sees ae . tt & Chongnachan shale Lichubagan sandsiors Ais onid ts overlain by 15 dominantly camposed by Te Changrachoni dhale Shale. * Shale ¢ Any foie = eee ee muadslore aith blateh gteq’ aickly een ant ‘ predominantly laminated the changrachori nodually groces oP shal, albeenation at te coloun, He bane , ahich as tordy Shale ard Finally a gerd He top The Medétona is blnish gray q Gend-Shole bed& are qreeniek rey do Slutsh gre in colour, moderately tndlarabed , medenofily compact v with Hinly lamineded shale, median te tine fontulaenoos gardston. hear ee anad and the Reulcial” as aémeinlP (B ® 2 a iD iD (p ie im es a 2 “eeeecaean Seeeee 7S SeSeeeseeseeeetonseccdaaa Chaptex — 5s bhucbune + Genexal Statement + Fold. « Fault | oe | + Unconfeacmi ty + Sedimentany Stractune + Geomonphic Features4 Seo ecrerre Soa atocae 12 £2 ‘® Lf io i ‘2 is 5 B Lichubogan sandstone apie formation '* eiguied ‘by 1h Chandnaghene ppastone. O82 under les Th ts daminont ly composed af sondetone ae te pha inventigates ana) pen) mock ‘in ny eh cloay stone oN eolowrad Meo dodec] , medivw to dhe youngest expe and ie intexcclodio ® Sandstone Fh te yelloaish & 3 ive te Hhiekly bedded , pan! consol epanse qreinesd , angular do Su angular ord compased mostly of quante aval donk fiverols . Ferrugisovs Taran nu nccmverimlag eto and shale om alsa vaconded They exhib meno aurvrvent healing » teske ‘ af this secon contol» | besHling er ‘Gandetor® quearte pebbles solidetecdt light = Alluvium Allpvium conolet of emcer fo eoonse qroired) qed clog » silly sly tine gub orguion fo sub noorded cond Nege prothens Dez abe pause ot duiibaled (Nts Plast plaing mostly tn the nodumel levees andl Sciamp anets ee 2 = aeGenenal elotement Atha hilly negion wajen nuctunel is an onlicline open Tyee anticline . Locally dnends NNW foumel ii Ths in diffemnd placer ssf dinection Studied O78: pid prominent eeeee Sesesbecccacaca Seer eeeuy se drdulecdion ber a falda ane HOvY aneo | Chondnaghen aaticline! fold. The ons Veni feline Dela ores tip Sheq from eoeh uporona , ond hon old pte beds tn tk Yiclire 0% faults ort Pound fxs Soxls ef f Shilehoni Chere) } | ore obo Pl eperarnt. ancl Yaptes - t+ te of lien 1eEo oper P \ sinh e Plane Nosesgoudh Tn thie o* alluvial plains and 4 Attitude of beds 6 te 6a’. The tw limbs dip Flank of this epWelive 16 The avteline Hieline the western a. eastern Plone #8 Table-4 Aliitude of bede on Stnike dinacton NOM 2 Ww nad / 4S Nis Ww nee past VRS 7 } my wil naa i 4 oe nas jl Us 14 Naa, / 3b ta) NID WwW if oe trom 6° 40 6S ond t ha earten pn tiene is wonien fram 4 different anglen Te conten flenk. - jee Thon “the secon is slightly plunging to fe ertern Dip direction eon Plone meets the Ls into the kage le flonk of He told Amount ol dip esiw oF 5B" 462w 17" ino GP i s7ew 66 25° 16 ges ‘TF an” 20 | SStw Ye nat os S67 W 32° | seaw 56" 674M Bo" 40° saiwShigpieh. aan Pye 1 Sen wy roe wm 6” SaBw oy | Nee" W tga 6 20 2s | ee Be oe oa Ee le e Table 3: Allitude a a) 2 ae “fhe Sold 2b : Strike, linge Ron Dig ctinacction NEArE OUANI| cae? e DOE Nye YS [~ ete F Nes f Nso'E | WIEN 2OWi—siegoE New Bl Naf E N25°E | N4ZE | Nie | . > i “NO EB fy NICE “N44 E | Mace b a5 S4ck Moa =e es aa a | 6°) 2 uM 4 : Pinte | eye inet Amountof dip . Tae Lo 14° pee MNS & fe to” TT | 44° po RO ae Ae UG R10" 26 Ct 35 37° fN aePauls ane nenphues along cikich dhe opposite moved port each othern. ear weal “Buliy’ have: bean dnoced fn the frinajon slay fonmoton limb of the syncline 1m Kaplot af 4, | fault appears to PascVhan. extension fe | felled region tedden choge| qolle have in dhe caeptenn area, The dnand bub its. be almost Neo. nel dnaceable due to lock. of exposures Th dhe in dip amount ~Nentical on nNeare wees) leet | hich ane distinbed . hove been obsenved hove Gm Bhilehani Panmodion a majon feult by the diet une al evidenced been beated and development of tes gilanly Gniented thane ane also hove some beds | jeints . Residesa past os a A regional pan genees belived te Aa ohich He enn tantly rivet * Teint fa wneck maee kb 6 relents movement at noe hon been n af dhe break . Jeint Bie eretied oo TeurLore mocks ales 5 oe common hocks jn nelahvely . Jownte Honma! tothe. becleing The Bonoichon' gels ° | Tesco obsenved in * Unconform ity An uncontonmity fe co Sue Pon=deposition that scpacoter young » Plonk. EW herding foul is ae Ane’ end mainly Yo nreonon | drusek aed ques thet pposite on Of in Hee develope mowy or, jor caer face of wosienh a\noste. from | older A negionol pneonfonmity woh fount bedeseon “Tipor pnd Sanme are of sestimert oe to cithex vplifiment Hegre oF 27 level couned hove posi hone dhe chowg® of dep spthe Ghilehoni on Gbeenied such or ae | envinonment . We }jnc onto! negion gionFAULT PRA He eRasacbaoasceaaneee BSSHSSSSHEE RSS UNCONFORMITYJOINT PPR SS SS ao 25000099996 46556° SSSSSRES SPOS SFOSESseeegggeROCKFALL SLUMPING 54 RO 2725585355535 99994966666 SPCOTCSOS SH STER VS ESE EEE’ y » >) ’ ’ ' v ' ¥ ’ ' . ‘ y ’ ‘ ¥ S * € o ® ® » ® ® ® » ® ® » * » » e o e ® we # * » # a ” evidenced Ws membex Primary tle G}nuctwral contig cloning the time ° the seclimentary | Te primar J ahich ute Pound! i of lmock sequerct Sedimentary Ghrnctune sedimentary f deposition : pvinonment This einachee |S bse o} the lower quent ures Te present | comet shruct | unotlon ard ff Thera CTH panh = he gealmentolog@! becoure culanly important to Hheue stedy yelpe te extoblish fa eonaihon prevoilirg ob the Tere ol deposition one PO | sedimentary alae been 4 Ven exposed geclimentoe Sitopahon anticline lena lan. a2 \eee wwvee eee woes ~~~ = Ney ee Cee EEE Seere Seeeseevas Sess 35 ” cul sechion are felloess*- onogong: opie! nocd ginote 4. Crost etre fiction The draheehion of anolifi- ona tHe main romd naghon lange acole o fees in decimetox Petines of ee © on. VOY of only chonoctenisties Sondétone , ¢n0s> beddi aith bede meloded ab on orge accracton at of wee gorse OF anders: dlegres ts fonmed be points bas. soning de migrodion b) Cross lamination: Cross lorinadion gna Lowe members \ = lamination | Jane found in Shilehoni shale eh | ont shale fonmedion He prweriation of n of lower flew regis: of Bastaich Cros fe fommes! YY nipples 12 Reprenent UpPet pantoMosse edded gondslores ot observed tate upper member of the aiilehont ehele Bian he Wogge sordolora. ane Sect middle member of Hee Banaichont hole formation Which rans of the bed norge Dosw feo oe die Hick Hp Several GM be aqueous 3. Peele marks : Ripple manks rood Ripple menks moog from on the bbatlarn ja, sine) oetion When in onigin of a body of wetter 0” thy od the auntece of He earth + eo cosvunt rate aentent IppIe "Om dona hee OE dssymnmednicol an: both cnet awd tnowgh ork | a ae oudacle bore She alpple meanks 1 up af te be aloo delewire the doce4, Clog ae chy loose triable eondslont They om in shape and gimiles Sn 21 matentol 46s arg] Vie ore cectwuad or eliptiecs & + The comenting andesomeltene: reer ee coating oat ae epnbine: (en t= clare, jNceous Burd 13 goles:yg z a ¥ a z rm a o aq we W wy im 9 e oO SAO One o mesoPUVes ewe CROSS LAMINATION QUARTZ PEBBLES 3Fe » , e » » Y ® PB p » vee Ae ca a a ar » » b » B » » » ® , » , » , »D » - , , s a a , Py t Geomonphie Featune The main geome on phic feodeurre. of tha imertigeded ee gre denenibed below 2 “= CUEF A high | deep te perpendicular on Net hanging fice of’ mock 16 called o cliff. = VALLEY lena bounded Any kollecs er loco bying by @ sincor es gusvieun ded] by hight oa vurvally qnoversed chairoge of on riven: gihich’ Recelves He. heights: | -POTHOLE A bowl shaped , cincelar on eylindnicol den in nocky bed | | hole Rnmed by the action of moving 22 jot o Sincom. | = CHARA , | The ginaamler cit ng} much woten flow . a. chore. In Hae insentigate enec. One | chanad 5 is called Ghangrockani hecogniged Bonalchoni chance | ghilekoni chona, ete 34CLIFF POTHOLE» Y ¥ » r » y y y » 7 > ¥ » » » » » » » . a » ° > > > @ a > > 2 2 e e a 2 ? 2 2 e e Cd a «a eo ¢ The deatanes this ened 1S cogten and compact . tke onead “et mock fon | fore yonlous | feruginown conglomeneta and eae ‘Economic Geology ardclixe. ora NO ORS d. Coleanous Conenetion Ths. calcaneonr cone Gorntnuction sped yates anea | properties und ar hig gondstane concnahan building hydnocanban 1 fonsdngy Thene concrationn ars and éincam coh & Concreton sow tnad a> qoot qual of nood , bailing bridge, rupnenenting a pilapaho sediments af Wreelign® Hi Qt onomt prospee Nee 4 ‘ire econo! prospecting gond » Sloe ete victton te VOY a doane olorg ection . The hend af hand y niver dan and to une In never 2 haining tuilding sand Le "4 The coonse gnoived Gand of We high-grecle enginenirg | h quality building Beniden copstnuchon punpose 40 falenter of! onal gon fis» akich |tee Nw Sy ea ea eee ee PPS Tit esery cca; fase beer and in glora’> 5 one wad om building st fend in Chordnoghene gorcistore OF : “ot oe Lighubagen sandstone UP exploited i 1 i Tt je necessary © unteestond aittean! S a5 £ ef bydrccanbon Cceetenc? wa dhe. lig anpec ocor wee ch Gellogical Conclition . sesh counee ee neenvein, naps , CAPS ele dw He point gf Nie hydaeeonben is prospect of Sitopohor. articline Pievaient= e [pies fone eon Using the floc clam 1+ produce d ? i | | P’ nine by corte | Phat 7 | hydnoclactnicity pony ts onothe: economic View ef ane unesl ab fmportond dress Mars, ana bamboo < dhe anee | f = how Mmiiaaly mony ea | be play an importord role In the economy the ance