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Heavy Minerals Deposit In The Major Rivers Of Bangladesh - Softcover

Iqbal, Md. Zafar; Mahmud, Md. Salim

 
9783659407253: Heavy Minerals Deposit In The Major Rivers Of Bangladesh
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3659407259 ISBN 13: 9783659407253
Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

Bangldesh has numerous rivers which are carried out over it. Among these rivers, only three rivers are dominated all over the country which are comes from Himalaya. Due to the denudation process, about 2 billion tones of sediments are carried per year, and about 40% of them are deposited in fluvial system and forming numerous bar. The most of the bar deposits along the three major rivers (The Padma, The Brahmaputra-Jamuna and The Meghna) are comprises heavy and light minerals. The heavy minerals are consist of non-opaque (zircon, tourmaline, rutile, epidote, staurolite, garnet, chlorite, monazite, biotite, hornblende, kyanite and leucoxene) and opaque (ilmenite, magnetite, hematite, and limonite). But this report is mainly emphasis on five economic minerals concentration, variation and their reserve. A total of 4,54,253 tons of crude sands containing 1,58,988 tons of heavy minerals are available in the Alatuli char deposits of the Padma River. In the Mahongonj char, total of 6,11,632 tons crude sand containing 1,10,093 tons of heavy minerals. And in the Srinagar char of the Meghna River, the total of 2,97,768 tons crude sand containing 41,687 ton of heavy minerals.

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About the Author

Md. Salim Mahmud Senior Geologist Exploration and mining Division Getco Ltd Md. Zafar Iqbal Geologist Halliburton

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Publisher
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3659407259
ISBN 13 
9783659407253
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
52