The Structural and Tectonic History of India |
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... Plateau and Wedge The Assam plateau , of which the outlying Mikir hills are undoubtedly a part , consists mostly of Archaean and Pre- Cambrian rocks , overlain along the southern margin by the Sylhet traps ( Jurassic ) and Cretaceous ...
... Plateau and Wedge The Assam plateau , of which the outlying Mikir hills are undoubtedly a part , consists mostly of Archaean and Pre- Cambrian rocks , overlain along the southern margin by the Sylhet traps ( Jurassic ) and Cretaceous ...
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... plateau and on the southern scarps . The plateau portion epitomises , so to say , the Tertiary geology of Punjab and Kashmir ( Anderson , 1927 ; Wadia , 1932 ) . The rocks of the plateau have been intensely folded and faulted , the ...
... plateau and on the southern scarps . The plateau portion epitomises , so to say , the Tertiary geology of Punjab and Kashmir ( Anderson , 1927 ; Wadia , 1932 ) . The rocks of the plateau have been intensely folded and faulted , the ...
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... plateau . The Bihar earthquake of 1934 is attributed to move- ment in the fractured and alluvium filled floor of the fore - deep ( Dunn et . al . 1939 ) , while the Dhubri earthquake of 1931 was caused by adjustment along the faulted ...
... plateau . The Bihar earthquake of 1934 is attributed to move- ment in the fractured and alluvium filled floor of the fore - deep ( Dunn et . al . 1939 ) , while the Dhubri earthquake of 1931 was caused by adjustment along the faulted ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE EXTRAPENINSULAR REGION | 27 |
The Himalayan Arc the Burmese Arc the Baluchistan | 75 |
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Africa anomalies appear Arabia Aravalli Assam associated Auden Baluchistan basic basin beds belt border Burma Burmese Central closely coast connected containing continued Cretaceous Cutch deposits developed direction east Eastern Ghats Eocene extended facies faulted fauna flows folding followed formations formed fossils further Garhwal Geol geological geosyncline Gondwanas granite Hills Himalayas India indicate intrusives Iran islands Jurassic Kashmir known later lavas limestones Lower Madagascar marine marked mass Mesozoic Middle miles Miocene mountain movements Mysore Neocomian northern occupied occur original orogeny parallel Peninsula period Permian places plateau Pleistocene Pre-Cambrian present probably Range region represented ridge rift rocks Salt Range sandstones Satpura sediments seen separated shales shallow shows side similar southern strata strike structure Surv Tertiary Tethyan thrust transgression Traps trend Triassic trough ultrabasic uplift Upper Upper Cretaceous Valley Vindhyans volcanic wedge western zone