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II.—Essays in Theoretical Geology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

R. D. Oldham
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of India

Extract

It has become one of the truisms of geology that India, like Gaul, is divided into three parts, the Peninsular, the Extra-peninsular, and the Indo-gangetic alluvium.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1891

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