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... Upper Flysch 2. Black shales and slates with inter- calated layers of fucoid ... upper part ; 1500 to 2100 ft . Here the Giumal Sandstone is of a Flysch facies . The ... Cretaceous Succession in Northern Kumaon ( 4 . THE CRETACEOUS SYSTEM 157.
... Upper Flysch 2. Black shales and slates with inter- calated layers of fucoid ... upper part ; 1500 to 2100 ft . Here the Giumal Sandstone is of a Flysch facies . The ... Cretaceous Succession in Northern Kumaon ( 4 . THE CRETACEOUS SYSTEM 157.
Page 159
... Cretaceous is well developed in a series of shales and limestones ; and a Western facies consisting of dark greenish ... Upper Cretaceous age . The Upper Cretaceous of Baluchistan rests on a slight unconformability on the Parh Limestones ...
... Cretaceous is well developed in a series of shales and limestones ; and a Western facies consisting of dark greenish ... Upper Cretaceous age . The Upper Cretaceous of Baluchistan rests on a slight unconformability on the Parh Limestones ...
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... Cretaceous . Between the Lower and Upper Cretaceous sedimentation . there appears to be some gap in In Kutch , the Umia Plant Beds are overlain by sandstones containing Colombiceras and Cheloniceras which indicate an Aptian age 2. 2 ...
... Cretaceous . Between the Lower and Upper Cretaceous sedimentation . there appears to be some gap in In Kutch , the Umia Plant Beds are overlain by sandstones containing Colombiceras and Cheloniceras which indicate an Aptian age 2. 2 ...
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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