Bapung Coalfield

Indian coal deposits belong to two different stratigraphic levels of basinal occurrence: (i) Permian sediments deposited in intra-cratonic Lower Gondwana basins and (ii) Early Paleogene coal formed in near-shore basins in shelf environments having mainly peri-cratonic set -up. The majority of the coal resources occur within the Gondwana basins that are confined to the Peninsular part of the country. The Paleogene coals constitute only a small portion of the total resources and mostly occur in the Northeastern States of Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, and Nagaland. Among the North-Eastern coalfields, Meghalaya occupies an important position in respect of coal production though mostly by privately owned mines. Here unscientific mining is going on by rat-hole method. The book Bapung Coalfield of East Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya of North East India gives a comprehensive detailed wok of Bapung Coal. This book contains 11 chapters touching the all parameters of coal. A new chapter, namely, Mine Water Analyses gives an insight picture of the water of the area. This book will be helpful to the researcher, academic person, students.