CONTENTS. 



Memoir on the Geology of Kutch, to accompany a map comjnled hi/ 



A. B. Wynne and F. Fedden during the seasons 1867-68 and 



1868-69, hi/ A. B. Wynne, f. g. s., Geological Survey of India. 



PART I. 



Page, 



Peeliminabt eemakks — ... ■■• ••• 1 



Chap. I. — General remarks and previous notices ... ..■ 5 



II.— Physical aspect of the Province. The Runn ... ... 12 



III.— Relations between the form of the ground and its geological 



structure ... ... ... •■. ••• "" 



IV.— Earthquakes... ... ... ... ... 29 



V. — Rock Formations. Syenite. Jvu'assic ... ■•■ 48 



VI.— The stratified traps ... ... ... .■■ 58 



„ VII. — Sub-nummulitio, tertiary and alluvium ... ... 66 



VIII. — Summary of the succession of the different formations, and 



the conditions accompanying their accumulation ... 83 



jj IX. — Economic resources ... ... ... ... 86 



Note to Part I ... ... ... ... 95 



PART II. 



Detailed descbiptions — ... ... ... 97 



Section l.—Pai-kur Nuggur ... ... ... — 98 



2. — The Runn-island range from Putchum to Chorar ... ... 99 



3._'V7agur, Eastern Kutch ... ... ... ... 119 



4. Neighborhood of Buchaoo and to Lettera hill ... ... 135 



5.— Lodaee and Joorun range ... ... ... ... 142 



6. — Portion of central plain near Bhooj ... ... ... 158 



7._The Charwar and Eati'ol range ... ... ... 175 



g._Country north-west of Bhooj ... ... ... 207 



g. Country west of Dhenodur, including that near Nurrha, Malka, 



and the Hathria escarpment ... ••■ ... 209 



\Q North-western Kutch, including Guira, Koond, and Mhm'r 



districts ... .•. ... ■■. ... 220 



ll._Abrassa—Chitrana hills. E. Abrassa ... ... ... 268 



12.— The Kanta ... ... ... .•■ •.• 285 



Appendix.- List of papers relating to the Geology of Kutch ... ... 291 



