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... Silurian Succession in Spiti Muth Quartzites Upper Silurian ( 8. Grey siliceous limestone 80 ft . weathering red . 7 . Grey limestone weather- 70 29 ing brown with brown Silurian and red marls , 6 . Grey coral limestone 5 . Shaly ...
... Silurian Succession in Spiti Muth Quartzites Upper Silurian ( 8. Grey siliceous limestone 80 ft . weathering red . 7 . Grey limestone weather- 70 29 ing brown with brown Silurian and red marls , 6 . Grey coral limestone 5 . Shaly ...
Page 94
... Silurian ( Wenlockian ) age . The Muth quartzite is of Upper Silurian age . Some of the Ordovician and Silurian fossils are enumerated below : - Trilobites : Brachiopods ; Lamellibranchs : & gastropods Cephalopods : Bryozoa : Ordovician ...
... Silurian ( Wenlockian ) age . The Muth quartzite is of Upper Silurian age . Some of the Ordovician and Silurian fossils are enumerated below : - Trilobites : Brachiopods ; Lamellibranchs : & gastropods Cephalopods : Bryozoa : Ordovician ...
Page 96
... Silurian age and is of littoral facies . 3. Kashmir The existence of Cambrian rocks in the Lidar valley has been mentioned above . On the flanks of an anticline a complete succession from the Silurian to the Trias is found . Here the ...
... Silurian age and is of littoral facies . 3. Kashmir The existence of Cambrian rocks in the Lidar valley has been mentioned above . On the flanks of an anticline a complete succession from the Silurian to the Trias is found . Here the ...
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Ajabgarh Aravalli Archaean Assam Assilina Baluchistan bands Barail basal basin Belemnites Bhander Boulder Bed Brachiopods calcareous Cambrian carbonaceous Carboniferous Cephalopods Charnockites clays coal seams colour conglomerates consists corals Cretaceous Cuddapah Cuddapah system deposits developed Devonian Dharwar district dolomitic east Eastern Ghats Eocene exposed facies fauna feet thick Fenestella ferruginous Flysch folding foliated formations fossils Gastropods geosyncline gneiss Gondwana granite greenish grey Hazara hills Himalayas igneous India indicating intercalated intrusion Iron-ore series Jurassic Kashmir Kirthar Kumaon Kutch Laki Lamellibranchs layers limestone limestone and shales Lower Cretaceous Madhya Pradesh marine marls metamorphism MICHIGAN LIBRARIES Middle miles Miocene Nummulites oolite Ordovician Orissa orogenic outcrops overlain overlying Panjal Peninsular Permian phyllites plateau Productus purple quartzites Rajasthan Ranikot region rocks Salt Range sandstone Sausar schists sediments shales Silurian Siwalik slates Spirifer Spiti valley stage succession syncline TABLE Tertiary Tethys thin Trias Triassic unconformity unfossiliferous Upper Cretaceous Vindhyan volcanic western zone