Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India (1869) (14583762539)

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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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MEMOIRS OF TIIE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. On the Geology of a portion of Cutch^ b?/ Wm. T. Blanpord_, Assoc.Boy. School of Mines; p. g. s. ; Deputy Superintendent, GeologicalSurvey of India. CONTENTS; 1.—Introduction. 2.—Route followed. 3.—Details of observations. 4.—Discussion of results:—Jurassic beds—Tertiary beds, and Nummulitics—Traps—Alluvial deposits. 5.—Conclusions. The large proportion of these memoirs which has been devotedto the remarkable groups of plant-bearing formations^ associated withbeds of coal in various parts of India^ will show how continuouslythe attention of the Geological Survey has been given to these deposits.A summary of the information obtained up to 1860 and 1861 respectivelywill be found in Mr. Oldham^s two papers * On the Geological relationsand probable Geological age of the several systems of rocks in CentralIndia and BengaF (Vol. 11^ page 299), and Additional remarks on theGeological relations,, ho.., Ua. (Vol. Ill, page 197). Ofmemoirsofgeologi61869geol

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