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... rests directly on the gneiss . The series are long and discontinuous within the rock basin and nowhere was a ... rest on an undulating floor of gneisses indicating the peneplaned nature of the foundation . The western margin of ...
... rests directly on the gneiss . The series are long and discontinuous within the rock basin and nowhere was a ... rest on an undulating floor of gneisses indicating the peneplaned nature of the foundation . The western margin of ...
Page 59
... rest mostly on the gneisses but , in some places , on the Chilpighat beds also . Rhomboidal in outcrop , the formations form a saucer - shaped basin with rolling dips , but a NNE - SSW trending axis of flexure is discernible ...
... rest mostly on the gneisses but , in some places , on the Chilpighat beds also . Rhomboidal in outcrop , the formations form a saucer - shaped basin with rolling dips , but a NNE - SSW trending axis of flexure is discernible ...
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... rest of India . TABLE 59 Eocene Succession in Sind Massive nummulitic limestone forming all the higher ranges and ... rests on the Deccan traps or the Cardita beaumonti ( Danian ) Beds showing a stratigraphical break in sequence . The ...
... rest of India . TABLE 59 Eocene Succession in Sind Massive nummulitic limestone forming all the higher ranges and ... rests on the Deccan traps or the Cardita beaumonti ( Danian ) Beds showing a stratigraphical break in sequence . 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