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... comprising the Cambrian , Ordovician and the Silurian periods , ( 2 ) The younger Palaeozoic comprising the Devonian , Carboniferous and the Permian , ( 3 ) The Mesozoic and ( 4 ) The Kainozoic including the Recent times . The faunal ...
... comprising the Cambrian , Ordovician and the Silurian periods , ( 2 ) The younger Palaeozoic comprising the Devonian , Carboniferous and the Permian , ( 3 ) The Mesozoic and ( 4 ) The Kainozoic including the Recent times . The faunal ...
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... comprises an upper band of fine purplish sandstone with numerous green chloritic grains , overlying a band of pink or buff ... comprising shales and limestones covers the greater part of the Chhattisgarh basin . The beds of shale and ...
... comprises an upper band of fine purplish sandstone with numerous green chloritic grains , overlying a band of pink or buff ... comprising shales and limestones covers the greater part of the Chhattisgarh basin . The beds of shale and ...
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... comprising sandstone and shales , 150 ft . thick , underlies this flow . The next earlier flow , 250 ft . thick , underlies this series of sandstone and shales . This earlier flow is followed downward in depth by a 100 ft . of shale ...
... comprising sandstone and shales , 150 ft . thick , underlies this flow . The next earlier flow , 250 ft . thick , underlies this series of sandstone and shales . This earlier flow is followed downward in depth by a 100 ft . of shale ...
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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