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8 Ma to today)
(543 Ma to present) (65 Ma to today) Holocene (10,000 a to today)
Pleistocene (1.8 Ma to 10,000 a)
Tertiary (65 to 1.8 Ma)
Pliocene (5.3 to 1.8 Ma)
Miocene (23.8 to 5.3 Ma)
Oligocene (33.7 to 23.8 Ma)
Eocene (54.8 to 33.7 Ma)
Paleocene (65 to 54.8 Ma)
Mesozoic Era Cretaceous (144 to 65 Ma)
(248 to 65 Ma) Jurassic (206 to 144 Ma)
Triassic (248 to 206 Ma)
Paleozoic Era Permian (290 to 248 Ma)
(543 to 248 Ma) Carboniferous (354 to 290 Ma)
Pennsylvanian (323 to 290 Ma)
Mississippian (354 to 323 Ma)
Devonian (417 to 354 Ma)
Silurian (443 to 417 Ma)
Ordovician (490 to 443 Ma)
Cambrian (543 to 490 Ma)
Tommotian (530 to 527 Ma)
Precambrian Time Proterozoic Era Neoproterozoic (900 to 543 Ma)
(4,500 to 543 Ma) (2500 to 543 Ma) Vendian (650 to 543 Ma)
Mesoproterozoic (1600 to 900 Ma)
Paleoproterozoic (2500 to 1600 Ma)
Archaean
(3800 to 2500 Ma)
Hadean
(4500 to 3800 Ma)
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Physiographic divisions of India
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Distribution of Archaean rocks in India
Paleozoic/Mesozoic/Cenozoic
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unconformity ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Vendian (680-700)
Upper (Neo-) Riphean (700-1600)
Proterozoic Middle (Meso-)
Lower (Paleo-)
~~~~~~~~~Eparchaean (Main) Unconformity~~~~~~~~~~
Archaean
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Proterozoic Formations of Indian Peninsula
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Distribution of Vindhyan rocks in India
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Geographic distribution of the continents at ~the end of
the Cryogenian Period (650 Ma)
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Geographic distribution of the continents during the
Ordovician Period (485 Ma)
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Geographic distribution of the continents during the
Devonian Period (390 Ma)
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Geographic distribution of the continents during the
Permian Period (255 Ma)
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Geographic distribution of the continents during the
Triassic Period (237 Ma)
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Distribution of Mesozoic rocks in India
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Geographic distribution of the continents during the
Cretaceous Period (94 Ma)
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Cretaceous succession of Trichinopolly
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L Cret Rajmahal Fm
Gondwana
U Jura
Upper
L-M Jura Dubrajpur Fm
U.Trias Mahadeva Fm
M Trias
Panchet Coarse feldspathic, micaceous and
L Trias Fm(~700 m) cross beded sst. Thin beds of
shales & clay beds
Raniganj Fm Damuda Group: cyclic
(~1000 m) succession of conglomerate,
Gondwana
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Geographic distribution of the continents during the
Neogene Period (14 Ma)
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Distribution of Tertiary rocks in India
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