Mineralogical Investigation of the Bara Formation from Lakhra Anticline, Sindh province, Pakistan

Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Asgher Ali Daahar Hakro¹  Sadaf Naseem2²  Adnan Khan2² 

[1] Centre for Pure & Applied Geology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh Province, Pakistan;2Department of Geology, University of Karachi, Sindh Province, Pakistan

关键词: Bulk Mineralogy;    Bara Formation;    Lakhra;    Quartz;    XRD and SEM;   

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学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Lifescience Global

【 摘 要 】

ThepresentstudyshowsthebulkmineralogicalcompositionoftheBaraFormationfromLakhraanticline,neartoLakhracoalfieldareaoftheSindhprovinceofPakistan.Thepetrography,scanningelectronmicroscopeandX-raydiffractommeterwereusedforthedetailedmineralogicalinvestigations.Quartz,feldspars,hematite,gypsum,chloriteandgoethitemineralswereobtainedfromabovemethods.Quartz,feldsparandchloritemineralsindicatedthatthesedimentsweretransportedfromigneousandmetamorphicrocksandthehematiteandgoethiteindicatedthecontinentalenvironmentforthestudiedformation.MineralogicalinvestigationoftheBaraFormationindicatesthatthesedimentsweresuppliedfromtheIgneousandmetamorphicrockterrane.ItcanbesaidthattheBaraformationsedimentsweresuppliedfromtheIgneousandmetamorphiccomplexwhichisexposedinthesoutheasternpartofthestudiedarea.

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