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Papaghani Series


The series has been named after the Papaghani river (Andhra Pradesh), in the valley of which these rocks have been exposed. It consists of quartzites, sandstones, shales, slates, limestones and marbles. The series is intruded by magma in the form of dykes and sills which have metamorphosed limestone into marble, talc, slate, and serpentine.