176 WYNNE : GEOLOGY OF KUTCH. [PART 11 



white nodular kunlniry clays and rubbly gravels seen in the shallow- 

 nullahs, and, although unfossiliferous, believed to belong to some of the 

 higher members of the Tertiary group. 



From underneath these beds, near the flanks of the trap hills, 

 south of Anjar, purple volcanic amygdaloidal breccia and lateritic 

 deposits, similar to those of the sub-nummulitic band, occasionally appear. 

 They are well exposed in the stream near Megpoor and are overlaid by 

 conglomeritie deposits, apparently derived from the waste of these beds 

 and the underlying traps, the latter here presenting pale grey and 

 decomposed varieties. 



North of Anjar is some low-rising ground forming a large 

 outlier of the stratified traps, here in general 



Trap outlier. 



much decomposed. They seem to have been bent 

 into an open anticlinal curve, as the overlying laterite appears on both 

 sides along the edge of the outlier, and also forms a couple of conspicu- 

 ous conical peaks upon it, which, though visible from a great distance, 

 are only about 100 or 130 feet in height (above the surrounding lower 

 ground). 



Calcareous conglomerates, probably the representatives of those 

 already mentioned as overlying the lateritic group, are seen horizontal at 

 the village of Warsameree, and dip to the north at 20° near Sutapur on 

 the north side of the supposed anticlinal. At the latter place they are 

 underlaid by some 50 feet of the faintly mottled thick earthy clays, 

 having a similar inclination. 



West of Anjar the country is occupied by sand frequently arranged 

 by wind so as nearly to envelope any projecting 



Plain west of Anjar. 



pieces of rock. It is confined to the upper jurassic 

 ground which is terminated to the south by the well-marked basal 

 escarpment of the bedded traps. 

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