THE Geologlcal SURVEY of INDIA Melvioirs
MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGlCAL SURVEY OF INDIA MElVIOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA VOLUME XXXVI, PART 3 THE TRIAS OF THE HIMALAYAS. By C. DIENER, PH.0., Professor of Palceontology at the Universz'ty of Vienna Published by order of the Government of India __ ______ _ ____ __ ___ r§'~-CIL04l.~y_, ~ ,.. __ ..::-;:;_·.•,· ' .' ,~P-- - _. - •1~ r_. 1..1-l -. --~ ·~-'. .. ~--- .,,- .'~._. - CALCU'l"l'A: V:/f/ .. -:-~,_'."'' SOLD AT THE Ol<'FICE OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY o'U-1kI>i'A,- 27, CHOWRINGHim ROAD LONDON: MESSRS. KEGAN PAUT,, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO. BERLIN : MESSRS. FRIEDLANDEH UND SOHN 1912. CONTENTS. am I• PA.GE, 1.-INTBODUCTION l 11.-LJ'rERA.TURE • • 3· III.-GENERAL DE\'ELOPMEKT OF THE Hrn:ALAYA.K TRIAS 111 A. Himalayan Facies 15 1.-The Lower Trias 15 (a) Spiti . Ip (b) Painkhanda . ·20 (c) Eastern Johar 25 (d) Byans . 26 (e) Kashmir 27 (/) Interregional Correlation of fossiliferous horizons 30 (g) Correlation with the Ceratite beds of the Salt Range 33 (Ti) Correlation with the Lower Trias of Europe, Xorth America and Siberia . 36 (i) The Permo-Triassic boundary . 42 II.-The l\Iiddle Trias. (Muschelkalk and Ladinic stage) 55 (a) The Muschelkalk of Spiti and Painkhanda v5 (b) The Muschelkalk of Kashmir . 67 (c) The llluschelka)k of Eastern Johar 68 (d) The l\Iuschelkalk of Byans 68 (e) The Ladinic stage.of Spiti 71 (f) The Ladinic stage of Painkhanda, Johar and Byans 75 (g) Correl;i.tion "ith the Middle Triassic deposits of Europe and America . 77 III.-The Upper Trias (Carnie, Korie, and Rhretic stages) 85 (a) Classification of the Upper Trias in Spiti and Painkhanda 85 (b) The Carnie stage in Spiti and Painkhanda 86 (c) The Korie and Rhretic stages in Spiti and Painkhanda 94 (d) Interregional correlation and homotaxis of the Upper Triassic deposits of Spiti and Painkhanda with those of Europe and America 108 (e) The Upper Trias of Kashmir and the Pamir 114 A.-Kashmir .
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