6 HOLLAND AND TIPPER : INDIAN GEOLOGICAL TERMINOLOGY- 



and lignite of the Travancore coast, presumably the Warkalli beds 

 of King. 



Pliocene and Miocene. — The beds mentioned include the Siwaliks 

 of the Salt Range and the Sub-Himalaya, as well as the ossiferous 

 deposits of Perim Island. 



Eocene. — The beds so classified included the formations now 

 known as the Yenangyaung series in Upper Burma, the Intertrappean 

 beds of the Deccan, and from an erroneous conclusion of 

 Colebrook, some shales in the Karharbari coalfield. 



Nummulitic beds are mentioned as occurring around the Persian 

 Gulf, near Cabul, Western Himalaya, Suleiman Hills, Sind and 

 Assam. 



Cretaceous. — Said to occur near the head of the Persian Gulf, 

 Pondicherry (on the authority of Forbes regarded as Neocomian), 

 Verdachellum and Trichinopoly, regarded as equivalent to the 

 Upper Greensand and Gault. D'Orbigny's opinion that the South 

 Indian beds are Senonian in age is quoted. 



Jurassic and Oolitic. — The beds now known as the Umia series 

 of Cutch were regarded as Callovian. 



Oolitic Coal. — The Peninsular coal was described as equivalent 

 to the Brora coal in Scotland. 



Oxford Clay. — The well-known Spiti shales were, evidently 

 referred to under this head. The Jurassic limestones of Rajputana 

 were also recognised, but were confused with the Makrana marble 

 of much older age. Evidently due to the mistake of Carter, the 

 " diamond sandstone of Golconda," other beds of the Kurnools and 

 Cuddapahs, as well as the Gondwanas of the Central Provinces were 

 regarded as Oolitic in age. 



Burdwan Coal. — Reference is made to the fact that some of 

 the fossil plant genera in the coal of the Burdwan district occur 

 also in the English Coal-Measures ; but the Gondwanas of the 

 Central Provinces with Glossopteris, Vertebraria, etc., under the 

 Deccan trap are referred to as Jurassic. 



Trias. — The red sandstones of the Vindhyan system are referred 

 to as similar to the salt-bearing New Red Sandstone of England. 

 The occurrence of marine Triassic limestones in the Central Hima- 

 laya was known at the time from the work of Sir R. Strachey. 



Carboniferous Limestone. — The only formation referred to under 

 this head was that now known as the Productus Limestone of the 

 Salt Range. 



