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Page 85
... Marl ( 1,500 ft . ) Fossiliferous grey shales , sandy shales , micaceous , dolomitic or glauconitic sandstone , pebble bed at base . Characterised by Neobolus and other brachiopods and some trilobites Fine - grained , pink , purple and ...
... Marl ( 1,500 ft . ) Fossiliferous grey shales , sandy shales , micaceous , dolomitic or glauconitic sandstone , pebble bed at base . Characterised by Neobolus and other brachiopods and some trilobites Fine - grained , pink , purple and ...
Page 133
... marls and limestone . The change in faunal life from brachiopods to lamellibranchs indicates a regression or shallowing of the sea which is confirmed by the succeeding unfossiliferous marls and sandstone taining some coaly matter . The ...
... marls and limestone . The change in faunal life from brachiopods to lamellibranchs indicates a regression or shallowing of the sea which is confirmed by the succeeding unfossiliferous marls and sandstone taining some coaly matter . The ...
Page 182
... marls and shale , correspond to the Lower Laki ( Meting shale and Limestone of Sind ) . These beds are followed by the Sakeswar Limestone , the characteristic member of the Laki series here , which is a massive limestone , 200 to 400 ft ...
... marls and shale , correspond to the Lower Laki ( Meting shale and Limestone of Sind ) . These beds are followed by the Sakeswar Limestone , the characteristic member of the Laki series here , which is a massive limestone , 200 to 400 ft ...
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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