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Utatur (Ootatoor) Stage.— Named by H. F. Blanford (Mem., Geol. 

 Surv., hid., Vol. IV, 23, 52, 1862) from the town of Utatur (11° 

 i' ; 78° 55') in the Trichinopoly district. Term applied to the 

 lowest stage of the marine Cretaceous rocks near the Coromandel 

 coast, and now recognised as Cenomanian in age (F. Kossmat, 

 Rec., Geol. Surv., hid., XXVIII, 39, 1895). 



Vaikrita system. — Term proposed by C. L. Griesbach (Mem.. Geol. 

 Surv., hid., XXIII, 41, 1891) for the schistose series overlying 

 the gneiss and underlying the Haimantas in the Central Hima- 

 laya, though no definite boundary is found between the Vaikri- 

 tas and Haimantas. Named from vaikrita, a supposed Sanskrit 

 word for metamorphosed. The exact stratigraphical value of the 

 term is uncertain, as probably various of the associated sedi- 

 mentary rocks have been metamorphosed in this region. 



Vaimpalli slates and limestones.— Named by W. King (Mem., 

 Geol. Surv., Ind., VIII, 41, 126, 159, 1872) from the village of 

 Vaimpalli (Vempalle) in the Cuddapah district (14° 21' ; 78° 31'). 

 They include the upper beds in the Papaghni series of the Cud- 

 dapah system. 



Valudayur beds.— Named by H. F. Blanford (Mem., Geol. Surv., 

 hid., IV, 26, 151, 1862) from the village and fort of Valudayur 

 (Verdoor), an important French outpost during the war in the 

 C'arnatic, about 10 miles inland from Pondicherry (11° 59' ; 79° 

 45') in the South Arcot district. The latest palseontological work 

 by F. Kossmat (Rec, Geol. Surv., Ind., XXX, 54, 1897) shows 

 that these beds correspond with the lower portion of the Ariyalur 

 stage of the Trichinopoly area, and not to the Utatur stage as 

 was supposed by F. Stobczka. Kossmat thus correlates the 

 Valudayur beds with the upper Senonian of Europe. E. Vreden- 

 burg (Rec., Geol. Surv., Ind., XXXVI, 194, 211, 1908) regards 

 these beds as equivalent to the lower and middle portions of the 

 Hemipneustes beds of Baluchistan. The lower part of the 

 Valudayur may thus be Campanian (U. Senonian) and the upper 

 part Msestrichtian (L. Danian). 



Vemavaram beds. — The middle of three divisions of the Upper Gond- 

 wanas south of the Krstna river, corresponding approximately 

 to the Ragavapuram shales of the Ellore area. Named by R. 

 B. Foote (Mem., Geol. Surv., Ind., XVI, 60, 69, 1880) from 

 the village of Vemavaram (15° 41' ; 80° 13'), north-north-east 

 of Ongole. 



