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... covered by deposits of mud , clay and marls and finally in deep waters , deposits of fine clays , oozes and cherts take place . of When the land emerges from the sea the sequence deposition is reversed and in the closing phases the ...
... covered by deposits of mud , clay and marls and finally in deep waters , deposits of fine clays , oozes and cherts take place . of When the land emerges from the sea the sequence deposition is reversed and in the closing phases the ...
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... covered by a great series of lavas , tuffs and sediments of many description . They certainly covered the greater parts of the Peninsula - probably the whole of it and stretched far beyond . ' 99 The Dharwar can be cor - related with ...
... covered by a great series of lavas , tuffs and sediments of many description . They certainly covered the greater parts of the Peninsula - probably the whole of it and stretched far beyond . ' 99 The Dharwar can be cor - related with ...
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... covering eastern Rajasthan , Delhi and much beyond . A section of the northern sea probably covered the present region of Hazara and Attock , and the area occupied by the northern and southern slopes of the Himalayas as far east as ...
... covering eastern Rajasthan , Delhi and much beyond . A section of the northern sea probably covered the present region of Hazara and Attock , and the area occupied by the northern and southern slopes of the Himalayas as far east as ...
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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