Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India. Volume 80. Mineral Resources of Madras

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Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India. Volume 80. Mineral Resources of Madras

1951

They comprise the Ghats of the Northern Circars composed of charnockites and khondalities the quartzite and shale ridges of the border of Nellore and Cuddapah districts (forming the Velikodas Nallamalais and Palkondas) and the hills of charnockites and Dharwarian rocks in Arcot and Salem (the Javadi Hills Kalrayan Hills Shevapys etc.) continuing into the southern border of the Mysore plate [...] The total rainfall in the region to the west of the crest of the Western Ghats is of the order of 100 inches per annum. [...] Only the Ariyalur Stage is developed in the Vriddhachalam and the Pondicherry areas the three areas being separated from each other by the alluvia of the Vellar and the Ponnaiyar. [...] Parts of the deltas of the larger rivers and the older alluvia must have been formed during the Pleistocene and the sub-Recent times. [...] Special mention may be made of the slates from the Cumbum Slates.' worked near Markapur the Narji limestones and marbles worked in the Palnad area of Guntur and the Cuddapah slabs of the Jammalamadugu and Kundair formations in the Cuddapah and Kurnool districts.
agriculture environment
Pages
314
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100011
Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
i-vi M.S. Krishna view
Chapter I.Physical Features and Geology
1-15 unknown view
Chapter II. Abrasives
16-21 unknown view
Chapter III. Antimony
22-22 unknown view
Chapter IV. Aluminium Sulphate
23-23 unknown view
Chapter V. Asbestos
24-28 unknown view
Chapter VI. Barite
29-34 unknown view
Chapter VII. Bauxite
35-36 unknown view
Chapter VIII. Building Stones
37-40 unknown view
Chapter IX. Chromite
41-47 unknown view
Chapter X. Clay
48-69 unknown view
Chapter XI. Coal
70-76 unknown view
Chapter XII. Columbite-Tantalite
77-79 unknown view
Chapter XIII. Copper
80-88 unknown view
Chapter XIV. Cordierite
89-90 unknown view
Chapter XV. Corundum
91-98 unknown view
Chapter XVI. Diamonds
99-105 unknown view
Chapter XVII. Feldspar
106-109 unknown view
Chapter XVIII. Fluorspar
110-111 unknown view
Chapter XIX. Garnet
112-114 unknown view
Chapter XX. Gemstones
115-119 unknown view
Chapter XXI. Gold
120-129 unknown view
Chapter XXII. Graphite
130-133 unknown view
Chapter XXIII. Gypsum
134-137 unknown view
Chapter XXIV. Iron
138-153 unknown view
Chapter XXV. Kyanite And Sillimanite
154-156 unknown view
Chapter XXVI. Lead
157-160 unknown view
Chapter XXVII. Lignite and Peat
161-171 unknown view
Chapter XXVIII. Limestone and Dolomite
172-197 unknown view
Chapter XXIX. Magnesite
198-207 unknown view
Chapter XXX. Magnetite
208-208 unknown view
Chapter XXXI. Manganese
209-219 unknown view
Chapter XXXII. Mica
220-240 unknown view
Chapter XXXIII Mineral. Pigments
241-247 unknown view
Chapter XXXIV. Molybdenum
248-249 unknown view
Chapter XXXV. Natural Gas
250-251 unknown view
Chapter XXXVI. Phosphates
252-257 unknown view
Chapter XXXVII. Quartz and Silica
258-259 unknown view
Chapter XXXVIII. Refractories
260-262 unknown view
Chapter XXXIX. Road Stones and Aggregates
263-264 unknown view
Chapter XL. Sands
265-266 unknown view
Chapter XLI. Soda and Potash Salts
267-268 unknown view
Chapter XLII. Slate
269-271 unknown view
Chapter XLIII. Steatite and Talc
272-275 unknown view
Chapter XLIV. Strontium
276-277 unknown view
Chapter XLV. Sulphur and Pyrites
278-282 unknown view
Chapter XLVI. Titanium
283-287 unknown view
Chapter XLVII. Water Supply
288-290 unknown view
Chapter XLVIII. Zircon
291-299 unknown view
Index
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