GEOLOGICAL ROUTE THROUGH ASIA MINOR 



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To the west of the Sakaria no Eocene rocks were found in situ, 

 but the cairns built by the shepherds are of fossiliferous limestone. 



Fig. i. — Sketch of the hills southeast of Gordium, interpreted as a laccolith. 

 The stratified shales are indicated with fine oblique hatching; the lower trap is coarsely, 

 and the upper trap finely, cross-hatched. The baked layer of the shales is shown 

 solid black. Possible faults are indicated. 



Fig. 2. — -Cross-section through ABC. The symbols are the same as in the pre- 

 ceding figure. 



Probably outcrops of the rock occur. On the east side of the 

 river the lacustrine plain is quite narrow, and is replaced by hilly 

 country. This is composed, to the south of Polatly, largely of 

 Eocene limestones, but farther north of light-colored (yellow or 



