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Abich, H. t'ber Paraffin enthaltende Mineralstoffe auf der apsche- 

 ronschen Halbinsel. [Paraffin-minerals of Apscheron (Caspian 

 8ea).] BuU. Ac. Imp. Sci. St. Petersburg^ t. xxii. pp. 493-509. 



Anderson, Dr. J. Mandalay to Momien. 8vo. London. 

 Contains notices of the occurrence of coal, sulphur, galena, orpiment, 

 and other minerals, and of their being worked, in Yunnan. 



Anon. (An Officer late of the Ceylon Rifles.) Ceylon : A General 

 Description of the Island, Historical, Physical, and Statistical. 

 2 vols. 8vo. London. 

 Vol. i. chaps, i.-v., Physical Geography. Notices probable sub- 

 mergence of part of the island ; geology of Sumatra, S. India, and 

 Ceylon compared ; general character of the geology ; gradual rise of 

 the island ; mountain system ; recent formations ; volcanic systems ; 

 gneiss ; dolerite and laterite ; salt ; coral reefs ; minerals. "W. W. 



Blanford, W. T. On the Geology of Sind. Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind, 

 vol. ix. pp. 8-22. 



Classifies the rocks of Sind thus : — Manchar or Sevalik ; Gdj or 

 Supra-Nummulitic ; Nari or U. Nummulitic ; Khirthar or L. Nummu- 

 litic ; Ranilot or Infra-Nummulitic. 



The Eanikot group consists of variegated sandstones and clays with 

 gypsum ; the fossils are chiefly dicotyledonous leaves ; but some cal- 

 careous bands yielded fossils having Cretaceous affinities ; at present 

 the group is ranked as doubtfully L. Eocene. 



The Khirthar group is usually a great thickness of limestone, 

 abounding in Nummulites and other Foraminifera. Its age is the 

 same as that of the Nummulitic limestone of S. Europe, or typically 

 Eocene. 



The Nari group has, for a few hundred feet at bottom, limestone 

 interbedded with sandstone and shale. These lower beds are cha- 

 racterized by Nummulites garansensis^ N. suhlcevigatus, and Orh'itoides 

 Fortisi. They rest conformably on the preceding beds, but show a 

 complete break in mineral character and fossils. A great thickness of 

 brown sandstone without fossils succeeds. The Nari beds are counted 

 as U. Eocene or L. Miocene, or perhaps both. 



The Gaj group (up to 1000 feet thick) has, among sandstones and 

 shales, fossiliferous limestones with a rich marine fauna. Echino- 

 derraata and corals are abundant, as well as Lamellibranchiata. No 

 Nummulites have been observed. The author concludes that the Gtij 

 beds are Miocene, or possibly Pliocene. The uppermost beds may bo 

 estuariue, :i8 tlicv contain an Arai allied to a typical living estuarino 

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