1. Relation of Structural Geology to other branches of Geology
Structural geology as a discipline is closely related to many other fields of Earth Sciences.
STRATIGRAPHY – deals with the succession of rock formation. Y
Normal Y
Overturned Y

2. Relation of Structural Geology to other branches of Geology
PETROLOGY – the study of rocks. It includes petrography, the systematic description of rocks, shed much light on the structural history of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks.
MINERALOGY – deals with the classification, atomic structure and genesis of minerals.

3. Relation of Structural Geology to other branches of Geology
PALEONTOLOGY – study of the fossils.
GEOCHRONOLOGY – deals with the dating of geological events.
VOLCANOLOGY – is the study of the volcanoes and volcanic rocks.

4. Indo-Burma Fold and Thrust Belt
-20 km
-40 km
-60 km
-80 km
-100 km
Continental
Indian Plate
Oceanic Plate
100
200
300
400
Deformation
Front
Old Deformation Front
Modified from Murphy (1980), Steckler et al (2016)
Burma Plate
Paleogene
Neogene
Comilla
Dhaka
Indo-Burma Fold and Thrust Belt
Eocene Shelf
Meghna River-Sunamgonj-Kishoregonj
Depression
Kabaw Fault
Kaladan Fault
Accretionary Wedge
Quaternary
locked

5. Relation of Structural Geology to other branches of Geology
GEOMORPHOLOGY – the study of the landforms, their description and interpretation of landmass.

7. Bengal
Basin
Indian Platform
Foredeep
Indo-Burma
Fold & Thrust Belt
Deformation Front
Hinge Zone
Kaladan fault
Kabaw fault
Main Frontal Thrust
Indian
Craton
Shillong Plateau
H i m a l a y a
Bay of Bengal
Sagaing fault
Halflong-
Old Deformation Front
Dauki Fault
Dapshi Fault
Disang thrust
Naga-
46 mm/yr
Oblique
Subduction
Paleogene
Neogene
Regional tectonic and physiographic setup of Bangladesh and adjoining area.

8. Landforms:
Traditionally the landforms of Bangladesh are divided into three major units.
Tertiarry hills of north-east Sylhet, Chittagong and Chittagong Hill tracts –12.6%
Pleistocene Uplands- found in the marginal and interior portion of the country –8.3%
Holocene plains including Piedmont plains, Flood plains, Deltaic plains, Depressed lands and coastal plains –79.1%

9. Himalaya
Shillong
Plateau
Assam Valley
Indus Valley
GBM Delta
Indian
Shield
Indo-Burma
Range
Shan
Plateau
Central
Burma
Basin
Bay of Bengal

16. Bangladesh from Himalaya
Shillong Plateau
Bangladesh from Himalaya

17. Himalaya from Tetulia

18. Brahmaputra & Indo-Gangetic plain from Shillong Plateau

19. Himalaya
Brahmaputra River
Shillong Plateau
Sylhet

20. View of Sitakund & Chittagong Hill Tracts from Sandwip
Myanmar Hills
Halda Valley
Chandranath, Sitakund
Coastal Plain
Sandwip Channel
View of Sitakund & Chittagong Hill Tracts from Sandwip

21. Estuary and Coastal plain from Sitakund Hill, viewing west

24. Relation of Structural Geology to other branches of Geology
GEOPHYSICS – which involves the application of physics to geological problems.

25. Relation of Structural Geology to other branches of Geology

26. Relation of Structural Geology to other branches of Geology
ENGINEERING GEOLOGY – the application of the knowledge of geology in solving the engineering problems.

27. Relation of Structural Geology to other branches of Geology
Engineering Geology
Locality - B
Locality - A
Untable bank
Stable bank

28. Relation of Structural Geology to other branches of Geology
Engineering Geology
Deep valley
Joint, fault

29. Relation of Structural Geology to other branches of Geology
Engineering Geology
Deep valley
Joint, fault

30. Relation of Structural Geology to other branches of Geology
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY – deals with the study of useful minerals and rocks and the application of the knowledge of geology in prospecting for these economic deposits and in other practical problems.

31. Relation of Structural Geology to other branches of Geology