1st Edition

Bangladesh Geosciences and Resources Potential

632 Pages 211 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

632 Pages 211 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

632 Pages 211 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

This book focuses on the potential natural resources of Bangladesh from Precambrian to recent times and their detailed geological background. Natural resources and their management are important for the sustainable economic development of a country. Focusing on the geological setting of the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh Geosciences and Resources Potential introduces and comprehensively describes the... Read more

1. Introduction to Bangladesh Geosciences and Resources Potential

Khalil R. Chowdhury, Md. Sakawat Hossain and Md. Sharif Hossain Khan

2. Precambrian Basement Rock of Bangladesh and Its Metallic Minerals

S. M. Mahbubul Ameen, Al-Tamini Tapu and Md. Sakawat Hossain

3. Gondwana Deposits of the Bengal Basin (Bangladesh) and Coal Potential

Md. Nehal Uddin

4. Limestone Deposits of Bangladesh and Their Potential

Md. Nehal Uddin

5. Petroleum System of Bangladesh and Its Hydrocarbon Reserves and Resources

A. H. M. Shamsuddin

6. Hydrocarbon Resource Potentials of Bangladesh

Badrul Imam

7. Peat Resources in Bangladesh and Challenges for Their Development

Md. Mushfiqur Rahman and Md. Sharif Hossain Khan

8. Placer Deposits of Bangladesh and Their Potential Commercialisation

Eunuse Akon, Mohammad Zafrul Kabir and Mohammad Nazim Zaman

9. Resource Potentials of the Marine Areas of Bangladesh

Sirajur Rahman Khan

10. Geomorphology of Bangladesh and Potential Land Use

A. K. M. Khorshed Alam and Md. Sharif Hossain Khan

11. Groundwater Resources, Challenges and Governance in the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh

Anwar Zahid

12. River-Borne Sediments of Bangladesh and Their Economic Importance

Mohammad Nazim Zaman, Pradip Kumar Biswas, Md. Aminur Rahman, A. S. M. Mehedi Hasan and Eunuse Akon

13. The Surface Water System, Flood and Water Resources Management of Bangladesh

Saiful Alam, Sarwat Jahan and Fahmida Noor

14. Global Climate Change and Its Effects on the Water Resources of Bangladesh

Md. Khalequzzaman

15. Renewable Energy and Its Prospects in Bangladesh

Shahriar Ahmed Chowdhury and Shakila Aziz

Biography

Professor Dr. Khalil R. Chowdhury did his graduation at the Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dilom-Geologe and Dr. rer. nat. from the University of Cologne, Germany, and Post Doctorate from the University of Liege, Belgium. Dr. Chowdhury has experience in teaching and research in Geological Sciences at Jahangirnagar University and research at the University of Cologne and the University of Liege for more than 40 years. He was the founding chairman of the Department of Geological Sciences of Jahangirnagar University, and supervised and examined scores of Masters and Ph.D. theses. He served as the editor of the Bangladesh Geoscience Journal and Bangladesh Journal of Geology for about three decades. Dr. Chowdhury is specialised in palaeontology, stratigraphy, oceanography, petroleum geology and environmental geology.

Professor Dr. Md. Sakawat Hossain, faculty member in the Department of Geological Sciences of Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh, is specialised in structural geology and active tectonics, and has a keen interest in the field of geology. He did B.Sc. and M.S. in Geological Sciences from Jahangirnagar University, M.Sc. in Earth Physics from the Australian National University, and Dr. rer. nat. in Structural Geology from the Technical University Munich. Dr. Hossain was selected as a visiting scientist in 2019 and as a visiting professor in 2021 in the IGG-CAS (Beijing) with CAS President's International Fellowship Initiative. He is also serving as an editorial member of the Bangladesh Geoscience Journal since 2016.

Professor Dr. Md. Sharif Hossain Khan graduated from the Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and Ph.D. from the Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR), India. Dr. Khan has been working as a faculty member at the Department of Geological Sciences, Jahangirnagar University for more than 28 years. Dr. Khan supervised and examined several Masters and Ph.D. theses, and has research interest in geomorphology, active tectonics, sedimentology and stratigraphy. Dr. Khan is serving as the editor of the Bangladesh Geoscience Journal since 2018.