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... ridge beneath the Punjab alluvium trending north - west from one of the Aravalli ridges near Hissar , a few miles west of Delhi . The western end of this ridge was thought to emerge above the plains in the Kirana and Sangla Hills some ...
... ridge beneath the Punjab alluvium trending north - west from one of the Aravalli ridges near Hissar , a few miles west of Delhi . The western end of this ridge was thought to emerge above the plains in the Kirana and Sangla Hills some ...
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... ridge was raised up by the Laramide orogeny along what is now the axis of the Burma arc and the two arms thus created were gradually filled up during the Tertiary . The connection of the Burmese part of the Tethys sea with the Himalayan ...
... ridge was raised up by the Laramide orogeny along what is now the axis of the Burma arc and the two arms thus created were gradually filled up during the Tertiary . The connection of the Burmese part of the Tethys sea with the Himalayan ...
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... ridge ( called the Murray Ridge ) . It rises from the bottom of the sea 1,700-1,800 fathoms below sea - level . To its south - east is a gully 2,100 fathoms deep which , when followed in a south - westerly direction , first shows a ten ...
... ridge ( called the Murray Ridge ) . It rises from the bottom of the sea 1,700-1,800 fathoms below sea - level . To its south - east is a gully 2,100 fathoms deep which , when followed in a south - westerly direction , first shows a ten ...
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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