Recent Advances in Mineral Development and Environmental Issues

Contents: Preface. 1. Mineral development and environmental challenges: the geoscience interface/R.N. Mishra. 2. Stratigraphic significance of the Kuturia boulder bed in Talcher Gondwana basin/N.K. Mahalik. 3. Evaluation of unconventional gas recovery from the Kailashtila gas field, Bangladesh/Md. Shaheen Shah, H.M. Zakir Hossain, Shihab Uddin Kazal, Shara Tahsin, sk. Waleur Rahman, Joy Das and Md. Sultan Ul Islam. 4. Characteristics of mangcrete—a reworked low grade manganese ore in iron ore group of rocks, Jamda-Koira Valley, Odisha/S. Mishra, B.K. Mohapatra and P.P. Singh. 5. Sagasahi iron ore deposit: petrographic and chemical signatures/S.P. Bhutia and S.B. Ray. 6. Coastal geodynamics of Puri-Balighai sector, Puri District, Odisha/Manoj Kumar, R.C. Munda, S.B. Ray and Aju Mahanan. 7. Polyphase deformation and growth of porphyroblasts in metapelites of Lohit Valley of Arunachal Himalaya, NE India/Rupsikha Sharma and K.P. Sarma. 8. Hydrocarbon potential and thermal maturity of coal deposits of the Pynursla coalfield, East Khasi Hills Districts, Meghalaya/Sikhawali Hazarika and Sarat Phukan. 9. Status of mineral sand resources of Bangladesh: prospect and challenges for its development/Eunuse Akon. 10. Geochemical characterization of groundwater of some parts of Mahanadi river basin, Cuttack District, Odisha, India/Rosalin Das, Madhumita Das and Shreerup Goswami…. The demand for mineral resources has grown exponentially high to keep pace with the industrial growth. Added to this, paradoxically, the existing mineral resources are in general located in forest and environmentally sensitive areas. This kind of a virtual impasse calls for search for newer mineral deposits and an evolved technology to protect the environment for a sustainable development. Mining activities today are on the cross roads because of the environmental degradation and subsequent hue and cry by the concerned public. This book the outcome of an international seminar, focuses on the status of major mineral activities and their environmental consequences. Written in lucid style the book combines authentic field observations with insightful laboratory investigations. The papers cover the entire spectrum of remote sensing economic geology, mineral characterisation, petrology, structural geology tectonics, fossil fuel, water resources and various environmental challenges. It will be an invaluable source of reference for academicians research scholars, scientists and policy makers.