Spolia Zeylanica, Volume 38National Museums of Sri Lanka, 1984 - Anthropology Proceedings of the Ceylon natural history society (organized 1912) are included in v.8. |
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alluvium Alutgama Balangoda bands Basin beach belt biotite calciphyres calcium carbonate cent Ceylon charnockitic charnockitic gneisses Chilaw clay coast coastal Colombo colour coral crust crystalline rocks D. N. Wadia deposits Deraniyagala dunes east erosion escarpment example fault feldspar folds foliation formation formed fossils Ganga garnet gemstones Geol Geological Map gneisses grains granite granulite graphite gravel groundwater Highland Series hornblende igneous rocks ilmenite India iron island Jaffna Jaffna Limestone Jaffna Peninsula Jurassic Kandy known lagoon laterite layers limestone marbles material metamorphic rocks metasediments mica migmatites miles million Mineral Sands Miocene monazite nodular ironstone occur outcrops oxide pegmatites peneplain planes PLATE Precambrian present Puttalam quartz quartzites Quaternary Rangala Ratnapura Red Earth region ridges river road rock types sandstone schists sea level sediments seen silicate slope soil Sri Lanka structure surface terrace Tonigala valley veins Vijayan Complex weathering Wewa zircon zone