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Ajabgarh Aravalli Archaean Assam Assilina Baluchistan bands Barail basal basin Belemnites Bhander Boulder Bed Brachiopods calcareous Cambrian carbonaceous Carboniferous Charnockites clays coal seams colour conglomerates consists corals Cretaceous Cuddapah deposits developed Devonian Dharwar district dolomitic east Eastern Ghats Eocene exposed facies fauna feet thick Fenestella ferruginous Flysch folding foliated formations fossils fossils include Gastropods geosyncline Glossopteris 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 Middle miles Miocene Nummulites oolite Ordovician orogenic outcrops overlain overlying Peninsular Permian phyllites plateau Productus purple quartzites Rajasthan Ranikot region rocks Salt Range sandstone Sausar schists sediments shales siliceous Silurian Siwalik slates Spirifer Spiti valley stage succession syncline System TABLE Tertiary Tethys thin Trias Triassic unconformity unfossiliferous Upper Cretaceous Vindhyan volcanic western zone