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Page 45
... unconformity . The exposure of the Banded gneissic com- plex assumes the shape of a broad V. In the complex , igneous rocks of several types , and lenses of intrusives seem to have been injected and the whole suite rendered into a ...
... unconformity . The exposure of the Banded gneissic com- plex assumes the shape of a broad V. In the complex , igneous rocks of several types , and lenses of intrusives seem to have been injected and the whole suite rendered into a ...
Page 54
... Unconformity Nallamalai Series ( 3,400 feet ) { Cumbum shales Bairenkonda quartzites Unconformity Cheyair Series ( 10,500 feet ) Papaghni Series ( 4,500 feet ) [ Tadpatri ( Pullampet ) shales Pulivendla ( Nagari ) quartzites Unconformity ...
... Unconformity Nallamalai Series ( 3,400 feet ) { Cumbum shales Bairenkonda quartzites Unconformity Cheyair Series ( 10,500 feet ) Papaghni Series ( 4,500 feet ) [ Tadpatri ( Pullampet ) shales Pulivendla ( Nagari ) quartzites Unconformity ...
Page 63
... unconformity . This unconformity between the Aravalli beds and the Delhis is a clearly visible , violent one , marked by a profound discordance in dip , in strike and in lithological types between the rocks above and below it . The ...
... unconformity . This unconformity between the Aravalli beds and the Delhis is a clearly visible , violent one , marked by a profound discordance in dip , in strike and in lithological types between the rocks above and below it . 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