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... Assam Plateau and Wedge The Assam plateau , of which the outlying Mikir hills are undoubtedly a part , consists mostly of Archaean and Pre- Cambrian rocks , overlain along the southern margin by the Sylhet traps ( Jurassic ) and ...
... Assam Plateau and Wedge The Assam plateau , of which the outlying Mikir hills are undoubtedly a part , consists mostly of Archaean and Pre- Cambrian rocks , overlain along the southern margin by the Sylhet traps ( Jurassic ) and ...
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... Assam , and after flowing some distance southward , diverge widely and flow finally into the Indian Ocean or the Pacific as the case may be . In the western part of the southern border of the Assam plateau , the Cretaceous and Tertiary ...
... Assam , and after flowing some distance southward , diverge widely and flow finally into the Indian Ocean or the Pacific as the case may be . In the western part of the southern border of the Assam plateau , the Cretaceous and Tertiary ...
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... Assam- Tibet - Burma - S.W . China region shows a radiating arrangement somewhat like that of the Pamir , as pointed out on a previous page . 2. The Burmese Arc . This arc commences beyond the north - east corner of Assam near Fort ...
... Assam- Tibet - Burma - S.W . China region shows a radiating arrangement somewhat like that of the Pamir , as pointed out on a previous page . 2. The Burmese Arc . This arc commences beyond the north - east corner of Assam near Fort ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE EXTRAPENINSULAR REGION | 27 |
The Himalayan Arc the Burmese Arc the Baluchistan | 75 |
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Africa anomalies appear Arabia Aravalli Assam associated Auden Baluchistan basic basin beds belt border Burma Burmese Central closely coast connected containing continued Cretaceous Cutch deposits developed direction east Eastern Ghats Eocene extended facies faulted fauna flows folding followed formations formed fossils further Garhwal Geol geological geosyncline Gondwanas granite Hills Himalayas India indicate intrusives Iran islands Jurassic Kashmir known later lavas limestones Lower Madagascar marine marked mass Mesozoic Middle miles Miocene mountain movements Mysore Neocomian northern occupied occur original orogeny parallel Peninsula period Permian places plateau Pleistocene Pre-Cambrian present probably Range region represented ridge rift rocks Salt Range sandstones Satpura sediments seen separated shales shallow shows side similar southern strata strike structure Surv Tertiary Tethyan thrust transgression Traps trend Triassic trough ultrabasic uplift Upper Upper Cretaceous Valley Vindhyans volcanic wedge western zone