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alluvial ammonites Aravalli Archaean Assam Baluchistan basalts basins beds Bengal brachiopods Burma calcareous Cambrian Carboniferous clays coal coast colour composed conglomerates containing Cretaceous crystalline Cuddapah Cutch Damuda Deccan Trap deposits Devonian Dharwar district dolomites Eocene extra-Peninsula facies fauna feet formation fossiliferous fossils genera geological glaciers gneisses Gondwana granites Hazara hills Himalayas horizon Indus intrusive Jabalpur Jammu Jhelum Jurassic Kashmir known lakes Laki lamellibranchs large number laterite latter lavas limestone Lower marine Middle Middlemiss mineral Miocene mountains Narbada northern nummulitic nummulitic limestone occurs origin outcrop overlying Palaeozoic Peninsula Permian Pir Panjal plains plateau Pleistocene Punjab quartzites Rajputana range region rivers rocks salt Salt-Range sand sandstones schists sedimentary sediments shales Silurian Siwalik slates species Spiti stage stone strata stratigraphic Subathu Survey of India Talchir Tertiary thickness tract Trias Triassic unconformably Upper Gondwana valley Vindhyan volcanic zone