Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Indiaorder of the Governor-General of India, 1871 - Geology |
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Aden alluvium angle appearance arenaceous band Barákars beds Bengal bottom boundary breccia Bundair limestone Bundelkund calcareous carbonaceous Carbonaceous shale Cherra Coal seam coal-field coarse conglomerate cretaceous Damúdá Damúdá valley denudation deposits Ditto dykes earthy east escarpment exposed fault feet thick felspathic field formation fossils ghat gneiss gorges granite Gwalior hills Hoshungabad inches India ironstone Jibal junction Káranpúrá Kuttungi Kymore sandstone latter layers limestone lithological lower Bundairs lower Rewah lower Vindhyans metamorphic metamorphic rocks miles nearly Nerbudda Nerbudda valley north-east north-west nummulitic observed occur outcrop outliers Panchét pebbles plateau porcellanic portion Punna Quarry quartz quartzites Railway Ráníganj red shale Rewah sandstone ridge river rocks Rotasgurh sand sandy schists seen shaly Shillong plateau Shillong series silicious Sone valley south-east south-west southern square miles stone strata stream surface table-land Talchirs Theria thin trap unconformity upper Bundairs upper Rewahs village westwards
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Page 123 - Vindhyans. Limestone is perhaps the commonest rock at the surface all over the plains of Chutteesgurh. It is seldom a pure homogeneous rock, being often flaky and earthy-silicious; often also the silicious matter is distributed in strings or in irregular concentric concretions. It would seem to be only in the most general way that these several
Page 68 - inch diameter, imbedded in a rather fine matrix which also includes clay galls. The lower Rewah sandstone here stretches out a considerable distance in front of the scarp, and the pit was just on the northern edge of this terrace, some 20 feet below the summit, and itself about 10 feet deep. On the top of the diamond bed * Mem.
Page 113 - so fully treated of by Franklinf and Jaquemont,} who give ample details of the mode of working and extraction of the gems, the various kinds of diamonds found, the value of the mines, &c., that it -would be useless to enter into the subject again. Giving, therefore,
Page 336 - and Bali hills, and two or three small rises in the extreme east and south-east. The general elevation above the sea-level can be approximately stated at 900 feet ; the ground on the north-east; and south rising gently to about 60 feet higher. The Sooknid river and its tributaries, the