Centenary of the Geological Survey of India, 1851-1951: Hand Book |
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Agra alluvium ancient Aravalli range Archæan Aryan Assam beds belt Bengal Bihar Bombay Calcutta Cambrian Carboniferous cent Central century B.C. charnockite coal coalfield Cretaceous Damodar Damodar river Deccan Trap Delhi deposits Dharwar district Dravidian East eastern Eocene fauna feet folding fossils furnaces Ganga Garhwal Geological Survey glaciation gneisses gold Gondwana granite Hills Himalaya Hindu Hyderabad inches Indo-Gangetic alluvium Indus industry intrusions iron Iron-ore Jharia Jurassic Kandri Kashmir Kathiawar known Kutch later limestones Lower Vindhyan Madhya Pradesh Madras Mahal mainly marine mica Middle miles mines Miocene Moghul Muslims Mysore Nagpur Narbada Nepal Noamundi north-western northern India occur Oligocene Orissa Pakistan Pallavaram Peninsula Persian plateau Pleistocene production Punjab Purana quartz quartzites railway Rajasthan Ramtek region river rocks sand sandstones Sausar schists sediments Shah shales Singhbhum Siwalik southern Spiti steel stowing Survey of India Talchir temple thickness tons trough unconformity Upper valley veins western