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... consists of white limestone with a thin basal bed of quartzite or sandstone which is occasionally conglomeratic . Occasionally the higher member of the series consisting of a thin quartzite is topped by coarse garnetiferous mica ...
... consists of white limestone with a thin basal bed of quartzite or sandstone which is occasionally conglomeratic . Occasionally the higher member of the series consisting of a thin quartzite is topped by coarse garnetiferous mica ...
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... consists of olive shales , fawn limestone and glauconite beds , shows ripple marks and other characters of shailow water sub - aerial deposition . The Rohtas stage , 400 to 700 feet thick , consists of alternating beds of limestone and ...
... consists of olive shales , fawn limestone and glauconite beds , shows ripple marks and other characters of shailow water sub - aerial deposition . The Rohtas stage , 400 to 700 feet thick , consists of alternating beds of limestone and ...
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... consists of red clays and sandstone which are occasionally calcareous ; and directly rests on the Kamthis . Here the ... consist of pale brownish or greenish yellow , mottled red clays and bands of white and yellow sandstone . The Denwa ...
... consists of red clays and sandstone which are occasionally calcareous ; and directly rests on the Kamthis . Here the ... consist of pale brownish or greenish yellow , mottled red clays and bands of white and yellow sandstone . The Denwa ...
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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