U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OPEN FILE REPORT 97- 470H

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

This map is preliminary and has not been

reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological

Survey editorial standards or with the International

Stratigraphic Code.
o Any use of trade names is for descriptive purposes
89 o
90 only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S.

government.

Nepal
A INDIA Bangladesh

Ú Panchangarh

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Description of Map Units

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Thakurgaon
Ú afy asd

Ú Nilphamari
Surface Geology
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afy
Ú
Lalmanirhat

ABOUT THIS MAP

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asd
asd

afo afy

Ú
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Kurigram asd

Ú Rangpur
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Holocene Sediments:
This map was compiled as part of the asl
rb rb

Bangladesh gas resources assessment

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Coastal Deposits:
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Ú Dinajpur
conducted under the Participating Agency rb

Beach and dune sand

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csd
Index Map
asd
rb rb
rb

Service Agreement (PASA) signed between B

Deltaic Deposits:
U.S. Agency of International Development rb

Mangrove swamp deposit

asl rb asd
Gaibanda dsw
(USAID) and the U.S. Department of Energy Ú dsw

QTdd

(DOE) - PASA No: 388-P-00-99-00026. dm

dm Tidal mud
Tba
asd

The PASA provides for assistance to the afy

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Ú Tb

Jaypur Hat
asc afy afy ppc
QTg
Tt
dt
dt Tidal deltaic deposits
natural gas sector pursuant to which the Ú Ú Sunamganj
rb

ppc
QTdd

Ú Sherpur Estuarine deposits

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resources assessment was jointly carried Ú Jamalganj asl ppc

ppc
afy de
de
o QTdd

out. PASA also encourages transfer of new 25 rb

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Ú Jamalpur Ú Deltaic silt

ppc

dsl
dsl
Ú Netrokona
asl asl

technology, modelling practices and

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Bogra Sylhet QTdd

A'
Ú ppc
dsd
dsd Deltaic sand
Ú Naogaon
asc

geoscience theory from existing and

asc ppc

Ú Mymensingh
asc

ppc

rb Paludal Deposits:
established programs in the United States asl
rb
asc
ac asc ppc Tt

asd QTg

to the Government of Bangladesh, asc ppc asc

Ú ppc
ppc
ppc
asc
ppc QTdd
ppc
ppc Marsh clay and peat
asd QTdd Tbb

Ú Nawabganj
ppc ppc

Petrobangla, and Bangladesh academia. rm ppc

Moulvi Bazar Alluvial Deposits:

Ú
ppc
rm
asd rm Tt
Tbb
ppc

Ú Sirajganj Ú Kishorganj Alluvial sand

Tb

asd
asd
ppc
Habiganj
This map has been compiled from the asc
Ú
asd
QTdd
ppc
asc QTdd
asl

Geological Map of Bangladesh, Ú Rajshahi rm ppc

QTdt ava asl
asl Alluvial silt
ppc asc
asd
ppc
ava
ppc
Tt

by Md. Khurshid Alam, A.K.M.Shahidul

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Ú Tangail ppc ava
Tt

Tbb
asc
asc Alluvial silt and clay
ppc

Hasan, and Mujibur Rahman Khan ppc QTdt

asc
ppc ppc
asl ac
ac Chandina alluvium
(Geological Survey of Bangladesh), and ppc
ppc
rm

John W. Whitney (United States Pabna

Ú Jaydebpur (Gazipur) ava
ava
ava Valley alluvium and colluvium
Ú Brahmanbaria
asc

asd Ú ppc
asd

Geological Survey), scale 1:1,000,000, asd asd

asl rm Ú Narsingdi

INDIA
asd
ppc

Ú Kushtia asc
ppc
Alluvial Fan Deposits:
Ú Manikganj
ppc

published by Geological Survey of rm

ppc

Young gravelly sand

asc
dsd afy
Bangladesh in 1990.
Ú Meherpur Ú Rajbari asd
ppc
Ú asl
dsd
dsd asc Dhaka ac

asd
asc
afo Old gravelly sand
QTdd

1. Original map was scanned on large Ú Chuadanga Ú Narayanganj

asl

Ú Faridpur
asc Tb
ppc ppc asl

Residual Deposits:
ppc

format Ideal scanner in color mode with ppc

asd
ac Ú ppc

Ú
ppc
ppc asd

Tt

Munshiganj asd

Barind clay residuum

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resolution 200 dpi. Jhenida

Ú Magura ppc

asc Ú Comilla Tb
rb
rb
ppc
asd

2. The scanned image was transformed

rm
ppc

ppc
ppc
dsd
asc
ac Tbb
Tbb rm Madhupur clay residuum
to Lambert Conformal projection by ppc ava
QTdd Tb

ArcInfo REGISTER and RECTIFY utilities.

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dsd ppc

Chandpur
QTdd Tb
Bedrocks:
ppc
Ú ShariatpurÚ asc

Tt
ava

Qsm St. Marin limestone (Pleistocene)

ppc ppc
Qsm
3. Reference points for transformation Ú Ú
ac
Madaripur Khagrachhari
Ú Naral dsl de
QTdd
ava
Qsm
asc
were latitude-longitude crosses taken from
Tb

Dihing and Dupi Tila Formation Undivided

ppc
ppc
ava
ppc Tbb
QTdd
QTdd
Ú
de QTg
dsl Tt

paper map compared with the same crosses Ú Gopalganj Tt

Dihing Formation (Pleistocene and Pliocene)

Tbb

projected to Lambert in ArcInfo PROJECT 23

o
ppc de asc Feni Tb
QTdi
QTdi
de
ppc Tb
QTdt QTdd

utility. Overall RMS error of transformation Ú Khulna ppc Tbb

QTdt
QTdt Dupi Tila Formation (Pleistocene and Pliocene)
Ú Maijdi
Tt
dt de
ppc QTdi

INDIA
was 250 m (0.25 mm on original paper csd
Tt Tt Tipam Group:
dt dt de Tbb
ppc
dt
map). Ú
Tt
dt
Ú Satkhira
ppc

Ú Barisal Ú Bhola
Girujan Clay (Pleistocene and Neogene)
dt
Tb

Bagherhat QTg
QTg
4. On-screen digitization was performed using dt
Ú Ú Jhalakati dt
QTdi Rangamati (Chittagong H.T.) QTg

QTdd

Ú Pirojpur Tipam Sandstone (Neogene)

QTg
QTdt Tt
ppc Tt
a rectified image as a backdrop in ArcInfo
Tb

dt
de Tt
Tt
ppc
dt
Tbb
de ava
ARCEDIT. dt dt
Tbb
Surma Group:
dm QTg

QTg

5. Geologic attributes were assigned to

dt
Patuakhali
Ú de Ú
ava

Tbb
Tbb Boka Bil Formation (Neogene)
GLG item of Feature Attribute Table (FAT) ppc de
de
Chittagong Tt

Bhuban Formation (Miocene)

ppc QTdd
dt
ava
Tb
Tb
of geology coverage. dsw
ppc
csd
Ú Bandarban
dsw

6. Base map data layers - rivers, lakes, de dm Tba Barail Formation (Oligocene)
dsw
dsw
Ú Barguna Tt

cities - were digitized as separate dm

dm

dsw
QTg Tb
Jaintia Group:
coverages.
dt Tt
dm

dsw

Jaintia Group includes:

dsw
Tj
7. All the ArcInfo coverages were dsw
dsw
dm
dm
dsw

converted into .E00 files, then imported dsw

dsw
dt csd

Kopili Formation (Late Eocene)

dsw
csd
to ArcView by IMPORT 71 utility and
dsw

Sylhet Limestone (Middle to Early? Eocene)

dsw Tbb

dsw

saved as shape files.

csd
ppc
Tt

Tura Formation (Eocene and Paleocene)

dsw QTdt

QTg

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QTdd

Correlation of Map Units

Tb

Administrative and country boundary

Sediments Bedrock
csd QTg Lake
coverages used on the map are the Coastal Deltaic Paludal Alluvial Residual Ú Cox's Bazar ava

property of Environmental System csd

dm
QTdi Ocean and wide river
dsw dt de dsl dsd asl asc ava afy
ppc asd
Tb

Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) and csd

QTdt
Areas outside of Bangladesh
afo
ac Holocene QTg

are used with permission.

rb Tbb
rm

---------------------------------------------------- Bay of Bengal Tt

Myanmar Ú Major City
Qsm
QTdi
Tbb Faults - Approximately located
QTdd

Pleistocene,
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Pliocene B'
21
o River
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T
Q

Contact
csd

Tt
Pliocene,
Tbb

Miocene

Political Boundary
Tb

Oligocene
Tba

Tj
Eocene and

Paleocene
Section Line
Projection - Lambert Conformal Conic

Scale 1:1,000,000
Spheroid - Everest 1969

Central Meridian - 87 E
1-st standard parallel - 22 N

2-nd standard parallel - 25 N

30 0 30 60 Miles

40 0 40 80 Kilometers

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GEOLOGICAL MAP OF BANGLADESH

Original Geological Map by Md. Khurshid Alam, A.K.M.Shahidul Hasan, and Mujibur Rahman Khan, (Geological Survey of Bangladesh), and John W. Whitney, (United States Geological Survey)

1990

Digitally compiled by F.M.Persits, C.J.Wandrey, R.C. Milici, (USGS), and Abdullah Manwar, (Director General, Geological Survey of Bangladesh)

2001