Records of the Geological Survey of India, Volumes 1-4Geological Survey of India, 1870 - Earthquakes Includes the "Annual report of the Geological Survey of India," 1867- |
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Page 9
... sand in the bed of the stream shifts from season to season exposing portions of rock and outcrops at one time , which it conceals at others . This is especially the case with those coal seams which usually underlie beds of coarse ...
... sand in the bed of the stream shifts from season to season exposing portions of rock and outcrops at one time , which it conceals at others . This is especially the case with those coal seams which usually underlie beds of coarse ...
Page 10
... sand- stone ; it appears always to mark slight local unconformity , and denudation of the coal seam beneath . But in the case of the seam at Rawundeo which is seen to thin out , its irre- gularity is not due to this cause , the roof ...
... sand- stone ; it appears always to mark slight local unconformity , and denudation of the coal seam beneath . But in the case of the seam at Rawundeo which is seen to thin out , its irre- gularity is not due to this cause , the roof ...
Page 11
... sand- stones . In the higher sub - division of the Ranigunj beds the alternations were less numerous , the several beds much thicker , and the coal seams more constant . I am inclined to believe that . the beds of the Tawa Valley ...
... sand- stones . In the higher sub - division of the Ranigunj beds the alternations were less numerous , the several beds much thicker , and the coal seams more constant . I am inclined to believe that . the beds of the Tawa Valley ...
Page 12
... sands and subordinate clays of the group next above the nummulitic . Here they dip at 40 ° or 50 ° to southward , being very much more disturbed than at any point higher up the river . They rapidly settle down to a very small slope and ...
... sands and subordinate clays of the group next above the nummulitic . Here they dip at 40 ° or 50 ° to southward , being very much more disturbed than at any point higher up the river . They rapidly settle down to a very small slope and ...
Page 13
... sand ; and it contains but few thin strings of coaly substance . The mass of what would be extracted as coal is a highly resinous batt or shale , full of small nests and strings of a kind of amber ; it gives a woody sound when struck ...
... sand ; and it contains but few thin strings of coaly substance . The mass of what would be extracted as coal is a highly resinous batt or shale , full of small nests and strings of a kind of amber ; it gives a woody sound when struck ...
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ACADEMY alluvium Ammonites appear bands bank beds Bengal Berar Blanford boring boundary British Calcutta Ceph Chanda character clay coal coal-bearing coal-fields coarse conglomerate copper cretaceous crystalline Damúda Deccan trap deposits distance district Ditto ditto east examination exposed extend feet ferruginous formation fossils fragments gabbro Geol Geological Survey gneiss Godávarí Government GOVT gravels Gwalior hills inches Irawadi iron islands Journal Jurassic laterite limestone locality London lower Madras maps Medlicott metamorphic metamorphic rocks miles mineral mines Museum Nancowry neighbourhood Nicobar nummulitic occur oolite outcrop Paris portion probably Provinces Punjab quartz quartzite Rajgir range Report ridge river rocks Royal sand sandstone sandy scarp schists seam seen serpentine shales side slates species specimens strata stream surface Survey of India Tálchírs thickness Titles of Books trace trap upper valley village Vindhyan W. T. Blanford Waagen