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... overlain by a siliceous breccia apparently composed of thin layers of agate , chert and jasper shattered in place either by concussion or dessication and recemented by sinter or hyaline silica free from sand or other detrital materials ...
... overlain by a siliceous breccia apparently composed of thin layers of agate , chert and jasper shattered in place either by concussion or dessication and recemented by sinter or hyaline silica free from sand or other detrital materials ...
Page 97
... overlain by a group of hard , white , unfossili- ferous quartzites called the Muth Quartzites , which are , in turn , conformably succeeded by rocks containing fossils characteristic of Lower Carboniferous age . About 500 feet thick ...
... overlain by a group of hard , white , unfossili- ferous quartzites called the Muth Quartzites , which are , in turn , conformably succeeded by rocks containing fossils characteristic of Lower Carboniferous age . About 500 feet thick ...
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... overlain by yellow , argillaceous limestone , grey , gypseous and pyritous clays and soft white incoherent sandstones . They contain thin bands hematite and of golden oolite ' resembling the golden oolite ( iron - coated grains of ...
... overlain by yellow , argillaceous limestone , grey , gypseous and pyritous clays and soft white incoherent sandstones . They contain thin bands hematite and of golden oolite ' resembling the golden oolite ( iron - coated grains of ...
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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