The geology of British oilfields : I. The geology of the assam-arakan oil region (India and Burma)1
By: Sale, H.M
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Contributor(s): Evans, P.
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ArticleDescription: 337-363pp ; Illustration.Subject(s): Geology - British oilfields | Geology - Assam-Arakan oil region - India | Petroleum - India | Petroleum - Burma | Economic geology - India
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Geological magazine : Vol. 77 Iss. 1-6 Year. 1940Summary: Extract
The oil regions of India lie in the north-west and in the east, within broad strips of Tertiary rocks stretching in a general southerly or south-westerly direction from the Himalayas to the sea. On the eastern side of India the main Tertiary outcrop runs from the head of the Assam Valley south-westwards through part of the Central Assam Range into the Surma Valley and thence southwards to the Bay of Bengal at Chittagong, whence the Tertiary beds continue along the Arakan Coast of Burma. This strip forms one geological province, distinct both from the better-known Tertiary development of western India and from the Tertiaries of the Chindwin–Irrawaddy Valley of Burma. This Assam–Arakan region includes parts of the provinces of Assam and Bengal and part of the western coast of Burma: although Burma is now separated from India, it is convenient to consider the Assam–Arakan oil-belt as a whole, without regard to political divisions.
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Extract
The oil regions of India lie in the north-west and in the east, within broad strips of Tertiary rocks stretching in a general southerly or south-westerly direction from the Himalayas to the sea. On the eastern side of India the main Tertiary outcrop runs from the head of the Assam Valley south-westwards through part of the Central Assam Range into the Surma Valley and thence southwards to the Bay of Bengal at Chittagong, whence the Tertiary beds continue along the Arakan Coast of Burma. This strip forms one geological province, distinct both from the better-known Tertiary development of western India and from the Tertiaries of the Chindwin–Irrawaddy Valley of Burma. This Assam–Arakan region includes parts of the provinces of Assam and Bengal and part of the western coast of Burma: although Burma is now separated from India, it is convenient to consider the Assam–Arakan oil-belt as a whole, without regard to political divisions.
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