Vol. 30 No. 1 (2008): Boletín De Geología
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FLUVIAL CLASTIC SEDIMENT AND SOURCE ROCK ABUNDANCE IN RAPTI RIVER BASIN OF CENTRAL NEPAL HIMALAYAS

Naresh Kazi Tamrakar
Tribhuvan University
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Madhusudan Bhakta Shrestha
Shinshu University
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Kazi Tamrakar, N., & Bhakta Shrestha, M. (2008). RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FLUVIAL CLASTIC SEDIMENT AND SOURCE ROCK ABUNDANCE IN RAPTI RIVER BASIN OF CENTRAL NEPAL HIMALAYAS. Boletín De Geología, 30(1). Retrieved from https://revistas.uis.edu.co/index.php/revistaboletindegeologia/article/view/303

Abstract

 

Numerosos ríos tributarios aportan sedimentos al río Rapti, a partir de rocas sedimentarias carbonatadas, metamórfcas e ígneas en los Lesser Himalaya, y de rocas sedimentarias clásticas de la cordillera Sub-Himalaya. Se estudio la composición y textura de los sedimentos de barreras fuviales para evaluar los cambios durante el transporte y establecer la relación entre la proporción de clastos y la abundancia de las rocas en las áreas fuente. El porcentaje de clastos de cuarcita o granito se incrementa, mientras que los clastos de carbonatos, esquistos o pizarras decrece con respecto a la distancia de transporte. El tamaño de los clastos decrece corriente abajo, mientras que el índice de aplastamiento y esfericidad tiende a incrementarse. No obstante, la poca disminución en la abundancia relativa de las rocas en las áreas fuente a lo largo del río, la relativa proporción de los correspondientes clastos muestran una rápida reducción (clastos de pizarras o flitas o rocas carbonatadas) o un rápido incremento (clastos de granito). La relación de los clastos de cuarcita o esquistos con su correspondiente roca fuente son estadísticamente signifcativos, sugiriendo, que estos clastos pueden proveer la clave de la abundancia de estas rocas. Entre el 85 y 94% de los clastos de gravas representan tipos de roca de la cordillera Lesser Himalaya, sugiriendo que esta cordillera ha aportado enormes cantidades de sedimentos.

Palabras clave: sedimento fuvial, composición grava, Lesser Himalaya, Sub-Himalaya, Siwalik Range

 

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