Himalayan Geology: A Collection of Papers Presented at the Symposium Held in Calcutta During October 1963 |
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... valley floors or former flood plains . These terraces are carved mostly in quartzites , limestones , phyllites ... valley has got such flights of terraces bet-ween Mana and Deva Prayag the important ones being those near Pandukeshwar ...
... valley floors or former flood plains . These terraces are carved mostly in quartzites , limestones , phyllites ... valley has got such flights of terraces bet-ween Mana and Deva Prayag the important ones being those near Pandukeshwar ...
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... valley contains incised meanders of U- , V. , inverted V- , and S - shapes . The meander walls have developed a considerable relief , upto a height of 150 m . or even more , e.g. , at Bairon Ghati . Usually the whole of the Bhagirathi ...
... valley contains incised meanders of U- , V. , inverted V- , and S - shapes . The meander walls have developed a considerable relief , upto a height of 150 m . or even more , e.g. , at Bairon Ghati . Usually the whole of the Bhagirathi ...
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... VALLEY - A SUGGESTION Ву D. K. DUTT , Geologist , Geological Survey of India . ABSTRACT Extensive sedimentary deposits were formed during the Tertiary and the Quaternary periods , giving rise to alluvial deposits known as Karewas ...
... VALLEY - A SUGGESTION Ву D. K. DUTT , Geologist , Geological Survey of India . ABSTRACT Extensive sedimentary deposits were formed during the Tertiary and the Quaternary periods , giving rise to alluvial deposits known as Karewas ...
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Chowdhury and B Das Sharma | 9 |
vi Traverses in the Himalaya of U P A Ranga Rao | 31 |
ii Geomorphology and the Himalayas P C Hazra and B N Raina | 47 |
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Alaknanda alluvium anticline Auden bands basin belt Bhagirathi biotite Blaini boulder bed carbonaceous Chails Chandpur chlorite clay colour conglomerate correlation Cretaceous deposits dolomite east exposed fault felspars flysch folded foliation foothills formations fossils Ganga Garhwal geochemical Geol Geological Survey geologists geophysical glacial glacier gneiss granite grey Himalaya indicate Indus flysch Jaunsars Jutogh Kalagarh Karewas Kashmir Krol Ladakh Larji limestone lithological Lower Siwalik Mandhali Mandi mapping metamorphic metres Middle Siwalik migmatites mineral mineralisation moraines Nagthat nappe nodules occur orogeny outcrops overlain overlying Panjal peaks pebbles phyllites Pleistocene Pradesh present Punjab purple quartz quartzite Ramganga region river salt sandstones schistose schists sediments seismic sequence shales Shali Simla Simla slates Siwalik snout Spiti stratigraphic structures Subathu Surv Survey of India Sutlej syncline tectonic terraces Tertiary thick thrust plane tion unconformity Upper Siwalik upto valley volcanic zone