Geology of India and Burma |
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Aravalli Archaean Assam Baluchistan bands Barakar basal basin beds belt Bihar boulder-bed brachiopods Burma calcareous Cambrian Carboniferous charnockites clays coal seams coalfield coast colour conglomerates consists contain Cretaceous Cuddapah Deccan Traps deposits Dharwarian Dharwars district dolomite east Eastern Ghats Eocene facies faulted fauna feet thick ferruginous flora flows folded formations fossiliferous fossils Geology glacial Glossopteris gneisses gneissic Gondwana granite grey hills Himalayas hornblende igneous India intercalated intrusive Jurassic Kashmir Lamellibranchs limestones Lower Madras mainly marine marl metamorphism Middle miles minerals Miocene mountain Mysore northern Nummulites occur overlain overlying Palaeozoic pegmatites Peninsula Permian phyllites plateau Pleistocene Pre-Cambrian Productus Punjab quartz quartzites Rajasthan Raniganj region river rocks Salt Range sandstones schistose schists sediments Series shales shaly Singhbhum Siwalik slates southern Spirifer Spiti Stage strata stratigraphical System Talchir Tertiary thrust Trias Triassic unconformity Upper valley Vindhyan volcanic western zone