A Manual of the Geology of India and Burma, Volume 2Controller of Publications, 1975 - Geology |
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ammonites Ariyalur bands Barakar basal basin belong Bittn boulder bed boundary brachiopods calcareous Cambrian carbonaceous Carboniferous Cenomanian coal coalfield colour conglomerate Cowper Reed Cretaceous d'Orb Damuda Deccan Trap deposits Devonian Dien dolomitic east eastern Europe exposure fault fauna feet thick Feistm ferruginous flora Forb formation fossiliferous fossils Gastropoda genus Glossopteris gneiss Gondwana granite grey hills Himalaya horizon India inliers Jurassic Kaimur Kamthi Kashmir limestone Lower Vindhyan marine Middle miles Mojs Naungkangyi northern occur Ordovician outcrop overlain overlying Panchet pebbles Permian Plateau Limestone portion probably Productus Limestone quartz quartzite Rajmahal Raniganj recognised resembling Rewah rhyolites river rocks Sahni Salt Range sandstones scarp seams sediments seen sequence shales shaly Shan Silurian southern Spath species found Spiti stage Stol Talchir thin tract Trias Triassic unconformity Upper Gondwana valley volcanic Waag western zone