Geology of India and Burma |
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INTRODUCTION AND PHYSICAL GEOLOGY | 1 |
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Physiographic Divisions Climate Mountains Glaciers Penin | 44 |
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Aravalli Archaean Assam Baluchistan bands Barakar basal basin beds belt Bihar biotite brachiopods Bundelkhand Burma calcareous Cambrian carbonaceous Carboniferous Ceratite charnockites clays coal seams coalfield colour conglomerates consists contain Cretaceous Cuddapah Deccan Traps Delhi deposits Dharwars district dolerite dolomite dykes east Eastern Ghats Eocene facies fault fauna feldspar ferruginous flora flows folded formations fossiliferous fossils Geology Glossopteris gneisses gneissic Gondwana granite grey hills Himalayas horizon hornblende igneous India intercalated intrusive Iron-ore Jurassic Kashmir khondalites limestones Lower Madras mainly marine marls metamorphism mica Middle minerals mountains Mysore northern Nummulites occur overlain overlying pegmatites Permian phyllites plateau Pre-Cambrian Productus quartz quartzites Rajasthan Raniganj region river rocks Salt Range sandstones schistose schists sedimentary sediments Series shales shaly sillimanite Singhbhum Siwalik slates southern Spiti Stage strata System Talchir Tertiary thick thrust Trias Triassic unconformity Upper valley Vindhyan volcanic western zone