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... marine denudation may come into play till another earth movement takes place . After a crustal movement , sedimentation begins by marine invasion of land areas giving rise to littoral deposits - conglomerates . As the invasion proceeds ...
... marine denudation may come into play till another earth movement takes place . After a crustal movement , sedimentation begins by marine invasion of land areas giving rise to littoral deposits - conglomerates . As the invasion proceeds ...
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... marine life over a long stretch of the land . The fossils are characteristically Permian and the beds are equivalent to the Middle and Upper Productus beds of the Salt Range . The fossils are : - Brachiopods Cephalopods ...
... marine life over a long stretch of the land . The fossils are characteristically Permian and the beds are equivalent to the Middle and Upper Productus beds of the Salt Range . The fossils are : - Brachiopods Cephalopods ...
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... marine beds containing ammonites and other marine fossils . The ammonites indicate an Upper Neocomian age ( Lower Cretaceous ) . CHAPTER XIII The Cretaceous System In the Himalayan region ' THE JURASSIC SYSTEM 153.
... marine beds containing ammonites and other marine fossils . The ammonites indicate an Upper Neocomian age ( Lower Cretaceous ) . CHAPTER XIII The Cretaceous System In the Himalayan region ' THE JURASSIC SYSTEM 153.
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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