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... Plateau , Kashmir , Rajasthan Kutch , Gujarat , Assam . CHAPTER XVI The Oligocene and Lower Miocene System General . Distribution : Sind , the Bugti Hills , the Potwar Plateau and Jammu , the Simla Hills , Assam . 18—196 CHAPTER XVII ...
... Plateau , Kashmir , Rajasthan Kutch , Gujarat , Assam . CHAPTER XVI The Oligocene and Lower Miocene System General . Distribution : Sind , the Bugti Hills , the Potwar Plateau and Jammu , the Simla Hills , Assam . 18—196 CHAPTER XVII ...
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... plateau of Kalahandi district of Orissa . vertically dipping red and grey shales of Dharwar age are exposed in two main outcrops ; one to the south of Tarnot and the other to the eastern margin of the Puranas . Uniform and porphyritic ...
... plateau of Kalahandi district of Orissa . vertically dipping red and grey shales of Dharwar age are exposed in two main outcrops ; one to the south of Tarnot and the other to the eastern margin of the Puranas . Uniform and porphyritic ...
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... plateau is formed of beds younger than the Nallamalais and known as the Kistna Series which lies unconformably on the older beds The Kistna series overlaps the Nallamalai series and lies directly over a flat floor of gneiss . Of the ...
... plateau is formed of beds younger than the Nallamalais and known as the Kistna Series which lies unconformably on the older beds The Kistna series overlaps the Nallamalai series and lies directly over a flat floor of gneiss . Of the ...
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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