Records of the Geological Survey of India, Volumes 4-6The Survey, 1871 - Earthquakes |
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alluvium Ammonites appear Arakan Axials bands bank Barákars beds Blanford Bombay Bombay Presidency boring boundary calcareous carbonaceous character clay coal coal-bearing coal-field coarse coast conglomerate considerable consist containing corundum cretaceous crystalline Damúda Deccan Deccan trap denudation deposits distance district east eastern Ellore examination exposed extend fault feet felspathic ferruginous field formation fossils Geological Survey ghâts gneiss Godávarí Godavery granite grits hills hornblende iron island Jabalpúr jungle Kachh Kámthí Kamthis Laméta laterite limestone locality lower Makrán metamorphic rocks miles mineral nearly neighbourhood north-east north-west nummulitic occur oolite outcrop Perisphinctes places portion probably quartz quartzite range ridge river salt sand sandstones sandy schist seam seen serpentine shales south-west species specimens strata stream surface Survey of India Talchir Tálchírs tertiary thickness trap trappean unconformity upper village Vindhyan volcanic W. T. Blanford Waagen western westward