Palaeoenvironments of the Lameta beds (late Cretaceous) at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India: Soils and biotas of a semi-arid alluvial plain

1987 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.E. Brookfield ◽  
A. Sahni
Keyword(s):  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
Alluvial Plain ◽  
Madhya Pradesh ◽  
Semi Arid

Late Cretaceous stratigraphy and vertebrate faunas of the Markagunt, Paunsaugunt, and Kaiparowits plateaus, southern Utah

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 229-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan L. Titus ◽  
Jeffrey G. Eaton ◽  
Joseph Sertich
Keyword(s):  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
Foreland Basin ◽  
Alluvial Plain ◽  
Terrestrial Vertebrate ◽  
The North ◽  
Single Region ◽  
The World ◽  
Kaiparowits Plateau ◽  
Fossil Preservation ◽  
Fossil Records

The Late Cretaceous succession of southern Utah was deposited in an active foreland basin circa 100 to 70 million years ago. Thick siliciclastic units represent a variety of marine, coastal, and alluvial plain environments, but are dominantly terrestrial, and also highly fossiliferous. Conditions for vertebrate fossil preservation appear to have optimized in alluvial plain settings more distant from the coast, and so in general the locus of good preservation of diverse assemblages shifts eastward through the Late Cretaceous. The Middle and Late Campanian record of the Paunsaugunt and Kaiparowits Plateau regions is especially good, exhibiting common soft tissue preservation, and comparable with that of the contemporaneous Judith River and Belly River Groups to the north. Collectively the Cenomanian through Campanian strata of southern Utah hold one of the most complete single region terrestrial vertebrate fossil records in the world.

Status of Selected Minerals in Soil, Fodder and Dairy Animals in the Semi-arid Central Alluvial Plain of Punjab

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 273
Author(s):  
S.T. Singh ◽  
S.K. Uppal ◽  
C.S. Randhawa ◽  
S.S. Randhawa
Keyword(s):  
Alluvial Plain ◽  
Dairy Animals ◽  
Semi Arid

scholarly journals Characterization and Evaluation of Land Resources for Management of Barela Village in Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh using High Resolution Satellite Data and GIS

Agropedology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Akash Borse ◽  
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M.S.S. Nagaraju ◽  
Benukantha Dash ◽  
Nisha Sahu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Conservation ◽  
Alluvial Plain ◽  
Madhya Pradesh ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
Land Resources ◽  
Soil Series ◽  
Land Capability ◽  
Image Characteristics ◽  
Severe Erosion ◽  
The Village

The present investigation was carried out in Barela village of Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh to characterize, classify and evaluate the land resources using IRS-LISS-IV and GIS. Five major landforms viz. plateau; escarpments, mound, pediment and alluvial plain were identified and delineated. Based on image characteristics, seven land uses/ land cover classes’ viz., single crop, double crop, degraded forest, wasteland, river, waterbody and habitation were identified. Five slope classes viz., very gently sloping (1-3%), gently sloping (3-5%), moderately sloping (5-10%), strongly sloping (10-15%) and steeply sloping ( 15-25%) lands have been identified using Cartosat-1 DEM (30 m resolution) and topographic information. Five soil series (Barela-1, Barela-2, Barela-3, Barela-4 and Barela-5) were tentatively identified and mapped based on landform-soil relationship. Soils, in general, are shallow moderately deep, moderately well to well drained with moderate to severe erosion and clayey in texture. The soils are neutral to slightly alkaline in reaction and non-saline and qualify for Lithic Ustorthents/ Typic Haplustepts/ Typic Haplusterts at subgroup level. The soils were grouped under land capability sub-classes IIs, IIIes, IVst and VIst and land irrigability sub-classes 2s, 3st and 4st. The soils of Barela-4 (subgroup) are moderately suitable for growing gram, soybean, maize and pigeonpea. The soils of Barela-5 (subgroup) are highly suitable for growing pigeonpea and moderately suitable for growing gram, soybean and maize. Soils of Barela-1, Barela-2 and Barela-3 are not suitable for growing gram, soybean, maize and pigeonpea. Various soil and water conservation measures and alternate land use options have been suggested based on land resources information generated for management of land resources in the village.

The Upper Carboniferous Clifton Formation of northern New Brunswick: coal-bearing deposits of a semi-arid alluvial plain

1982 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 1775-1785 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew S. Legun ◽  
Brian R. Rust
Keyword(s):  
New Brunswick ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Plant Litter ◽  
Alluvial Plain ◽  
Common Source ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
South Central ◽  
Okavango River ◽  
Sand Sheet ◽  
Semi Arid

Two contiguous successions within Member B of the Westphalian Clifton Formation are exposed on the coast of Chaleur Bay east of Bathurst, New Brunswick. The upper succession is dominated by sandstone, and the lower by shale, which encloses isolated channel and lenticular sandstone bodies. Distinctive features of the shale are thin coals, casts of tree trunks, calcareous paleosols, and deep desiccation cracks with calcareous coatings. Markov chain analysis of the shale-dominated succession defines a repetitive sequence of shale, rippled fine-grained sandstone, paleosol, and coal. This sequence is attributed to filling of flood basins followed by emergence and pedogenesis under semi-arid conditions, which prevented thick coal accumulation. The major sandstone bodies are interpreted as channels, associated with lenticular levee, crevasse-splay, or mouth-bar deposits of a semi-arid alluvial plain on which anastomosing channels dominated. The Okavango River of south-central Africa and Cooper's Creek in central Australia are proposed as modern analogues.The upper succession of Member B is characterized by sheet sandstones made up of top-truncated trough and planar cross-stratified units, with abundant plant litter and calcareous intraclasts. The rocks are interpreted as braided-fluvial sand sheet deposits that blanketed the lower succession floodplain. Petrographic and paleocurrent data suggest a common source for both successions. The progradation of the braided sand sheet may reflect a sedimentary response to climate change, tectonic rejuvenation, or a combination of both.

Pedogenic processes and soil–landform relationships for identification of yield-limiting soil properties

Soil Research ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duraisamy Vasu ◽  
Surendra Kumar Singh ◽  
Pramod Tiwary ◽  
Padikkal Chandran ◽  
Sanjay Kumar Ray ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Conductivity ◽  
Soil Properties ◽  
Alluvial Plain ◽  
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity ◽  
Soil Variability ◽  
Exchangeable Sodium ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Deccan Plateau ◽  
Pedogenic Processes ◽  
Semi Arid

Knowledge of soil–landform relationships helps in understanding the dominant pedogenic processes causing variations in soil properties within and between landforms. In this study, we investigated how major pedogenic processes in three landform positions of the semi-arid Deccan Plateau (India) have led to current plant yield-limiting soil properties. For this, we characterised 26 pedons from three landforms – piedmont, alluvial plain and valley – and performed factor analysis on the dataset. As the frequency distribution of the dataset was highly skewed for most of the soil properties, landform-wise partition and log-transformation were performed before studying soil variability within landforms. Results indicated that two factors explained 56, 71 and 64% of variability in soil properties in piedmonts, alluvial plains and valleys, respectively. The major soils in lower piedmonts (Typic Haplustalfs and Typic Rhodustalfs) were spatially associated with Vertisols (Sodic Haplusterts) occurring in alluvial plains and valleys. The soil properties in alluvial plains and valleys (Vertic Haplustepts, Sodic Haplusterts and Typic Ustifluvents) were modified due to regressive pedogenic processes. These soils were characterised by high pH (8.5–9.8), exchangeable sodium percentage (16.5–46.6) and poor saturated hydraulic conductivity (<1cmh–1). Subsoil sodicity induced by the presence of pedogenic calcium carbonate impaired the hydraulic conductivity. Subsoil sodicity and poor saturated hydraulic conductivity were identified as major yield-limiting soil properties. The relationships found between specific soil properties, surface and subsurface horizons, and position in the landscape helped to determine the dominant pedogenic processes and how these influenced current soil properties and their effects on crop yield.

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