Records of the Geological Survey of IndiaGeological Survey of India, 1887 - Earthquakes Vols. 1- include Report of the Geological Survey, 1867- ; v. 32- include Review of the mineral production of India, 1898/1903- ; v. 75 consists of Professional papers, no. 1-16; v. 76 consists of Bulletins of economic minerals. |
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Afghanistán anticlinals appears augite Bág Band Bawar beds belong Blaini Blanford Bose boulders Calcutta carbonaceous carboniferous Cenomanian character Chirákhán Chor clay coal Coal-field colour conglomerate crystalline crystals Deccan traps deposits district Dudatoli east eocene feet felspar Flsc foliation fossils fragments genus Geol Geological Survey gneiss gneissose gneissose granite Gondwana granite Haibak hill Himalayas Hindu Kush horizon hornblende igneous rocks Indian Museum intrusive jurassic latter limestone lower mandible metamorphism mica microscope miles mineral miocene molars namadicus numerous nummulitic occur outcrop Outer formations palæindicus Perim Island plates pliocene porphyritic present Punjab quartz quartzites range ridge river Royal 8vo sandstone schistose schistose series schists seam seen shales Simla sivalensis Siwalik slates slices slope Society species specimens spur strata stream structure Survey of India synclinal tertiary thickness traps Turkistán unconformity upper cretaceous valley volcanic XVII XVIII
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| Title | Records of the Geological Survey of India Volume 20 of Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Geological Survey of India |
| Author | Geological Survey of India |
| Publisher | Geological Survey of India, 1887 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 4 Sep 2007 |
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