Indian Cenozoic Stratigraphy |
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Abst According Alluvium Andaman Assam assemblage Assilina basalts beds Bengal Bhatia Boulder Conglomerate Bull calcareous Cambay Cambay basin Cibicides clay Congr Cretaceous Curr Dagshai Deccan Traps deposits Dharamsala Discocyclina District Eocene Eocene age exposed facies fauna foot-hills foraminifera foraminifers fossiliferous fossils Geol Geology glacial Globigerina Globorotalia granite gravel grey Gujarat Himalaya Indo-Gangetic Jammu Journ Karewas Kashmir Kirthar Kutch kutchensis lignite limestone Lithologically Lower Eocene Lower Siwaliks Mathur microfauna Middle Eocene Middle Siwaliks minerals Miocene Miocene age Miogypsina Murree Nummulites Oligocene Operculina Ostracodes overlain Palaeocene Pinjor Pinjor Formation planktonic Pleistocene Pliocene Pradesh presence Proc Punjab Rajasthan recorded the occurrence river rocks Rotalia Sahni sand sandstone sequence shale silt siltstone Singh Siwalik Group species Stratigraphy Subathu Subathu Formation Surv Tatrot Formation tectonic terraces Tertiary thick succession unconformably Upper Eocene Upper Siwaliks valley vertebrate Western India yielded Zone