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... developed , viz . , the Kushalgarh Limestone and the Hornstone Breccia . The Alwar series comprises quartzites , greenstones and conglomerates ; and measures 10,000 feet thick . Generally pale in colour , the Alwar quartzites are more ...
... developed , viz . , the Kushalgarh Limestone and the Hornstone Breccia . The Alwar series comprises quartzites , greenstones and conglomerates ; and measures 10,000 feet thick . Generally pale in colour , the Alwar quartzites are more ...
Page 135
... developed along the whole northern boundary of the Himalayas . The belt extends from Kashmir through the Spiti valley to the Nepal border . The Triassic of the cis - Indus Salt Range is , however , incompletely developed ; only the ...
... developed along the whole northern boundary of the Himalayas . The belt extends from Kashmir through the Spiti valley to the Nepal border . The Triassic of the cis - Indus Salt Range is , however , incompletely developed ; only the ...
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... developed in a series of shales and limestones ; and a Western facies consisting of dark greenish grey sandstones and shales , a flysch facies . The Cretaceous system in Baluchistan is developed on a wide scale covering a large extent ...
... developed in a series of shales and limestones ; and a Western facies consisting of dark greenish grey sandstones and shales , a flysch facies . The Cretaceous system in Baluchistan is developed on a wide scale covering a large extent ...
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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