STUDY OF QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS AND CLAY MINERALS OF MANJRA RIVER NEAR DIGHUL, BEED DISTRICT

: The present work is carried out to study the field and laboratory investigation of Quaternary sediments of Manjra River near Dighul, Beed district. For this work extensive field work has been carried out in and around Dighul, Beed District. An attempt has been made to study the structural, geographical and lithological features of the sediments. The studies have found that the Deccan trap of age from Upper Cretaceous to Lower Eocene is found at the base of soil and Quaternary sediments. Samples have been collected from the field work for the laboratory investigations while carrying out the field work. The laboratory investigation includes the study of pH, sieve analysis and Granulometric studies. The studies have found that the flow regime is turbulent and it is mixture of varying size of sediments based on the nature of sediments. Beside this turbulent flow regime occurred at some places and also the flow is suddenly changed to stagnant, represented by the fine sediments. Beside this illite is the main clay mineral found in the study area. The overall investigations manifests that sediments of the study area are river transported in nature.