Identifier: memoirsofgeologi71871geol (find matches)
Title: Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India
Year: 1859 (1850s)
Authors: Geological Survey of India
Subjects: Geology Mines and mineral resources
Publisher: Calcutta : Pub. by order of the Governor-General of India
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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-Carol. Academy of Natural Sciences ; of the Ids, Dresden; of the Roy, Oeol. Sac. of Cornwall: Edinburgh, &c.; Corr. Mem. of Zool. Soc, lond., <kc,, &e., STTPEEINTENDENT OF THE GEOtOGICAL STTEVET OE IITDIA, CALCUTTA: FEINTED FOR THE GOVEENMENT OF INDIA. SOLD AT THE GEOLOGICAL SITEVET OFFICE, OFFICE OF SUPEEINTENDENT OF GOVEENMENT FEINTING, AND BY ALL B00K3ELLEES ; LONDON : WILLIAMS AND NOEGATB. MDCCCLXIX. CALCUTTA: OFFICE OF BFPEEINTENDENT OF GOyEENMENT PEINTINO, 1869. CONTENTS. Page. On the ViNDHYAN Series, <is exhibited in the North-Western and Central Provinces of India, hy Fred. R. Mallet, f. g. s..Geological Survey of India ... ... ... ... ... 1 Mineral Statistics of India—Coal, by T, Oldham, l. l. d., f. r. s.. Superintendent, Geological Survey of India ... ... ... 131 Geological Sketch of the Shillong Plateau in North-EasternBengal, by Henry B. Medlicott, a. m., f. g. s.. DeputySuperintendent, Geological Survey of India ... ... ... 151 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA
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immmmmm MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. On the ViNDHYAJsr Seeies, as exMiited in the Noeth-Western andCentral Peovinces of India, ly Feed. H. Mallet, f. g. s., Geolo-gical Purvey of India. CONTENTS, Page. Chapter 1.—Area: Previous observers ... ... ... 1 „ 2.—Ptysical geography of area ... ... ... 14 „ 3,—Formations overlying and underlying tte Yindhyan ... 21 „ 4.—Sub-division of Yindhyan series ... ... ... 26 „ 5.—Lower Yindhyans ... ... ... ... 29 „ 6.—Upper Yindhyans ... , ... •■• ... 47 , , TT- (Lower... ... ... 48 (a) Kymore group ... (xjpper... ... ... 50 . 7 , Tj T, (Lower... ... ... 62 (h) Rewab „ ... I^pp^^ 73 ^ , -D J . (Lower... ... ... 80 (0) Bundair „ ... ;xjpper... 94 „ 7.—TMckness; area; fossils; age; denudation ... ... 101 „ 8.—Economic geology ... ... ... ... 113 „ 9.—Representatives of Yindhyan series in otlier parts of India... 123 Chaptee 1.—Aeea: Previous Observers. The area to be described in the ensuing pmemoirsofgeologi71871geol

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