Abor Formation

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States and Union Territories of India

States	Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal

Union Territories	Andaman and Nicobar Islands Chandigarh Dadra and Nagar Haveli National Capital Territory of Delhi Daman and Diu Lakshadweep Puducherry

Proposed states and territories Historical Regions British Provinces

The Abor Formation is located in the Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India. It is dated to the Permian. This formation consists of basalt, volcano-clastic breccia and rhyotaxitic dacite.^[1] This formation was named by the Abor Expedition of 1911-1912^[2]

References

↑ Zhang, Shouxin (2009). Geological Formation Names of China. ISBN 978-3540-93823-1.
↑ Coggin,Brown J. (1912). Indian Geological Survey, vol.42. pp. 231–253.

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