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they disappear beneath the harder bedsj forming the hills on each side of 

 the curve, here extending over a depression of the axis with westerly 

 and north-westerly dips. 



Ascending the cliffs through a gorge south of Jarra, strong light 



coloured sandstones and grayish calcareous grits 

 Cliffs south of Jarra. 



are found to overKe the shales ; and some thinner 



beds, forming the peak of Soorka, are seen to dip to the south-west at 

 10°. The contrast between the shales and stronger overlying beds is 

 well seen in the cliff beneath the battle-field on the eastern side of this 

 gorge. (Fig. 18.) In the gorge itself some very solid sub-recent calca- 

 reous conglomerate occurs, having been formed apparently by exfiltration 

 from the calcareous beds in the neighbourhood. 



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Pig. 18.— Jarra cliffs : Western Kutch. 



Smaller developments of shale occur again at the head of the 



gorge with calcareous grits sheeting the gentle 

 Near Hurroora. 



slopes of the plateau, above which, portions of 



the intrusive trap rise into hills in the neighbourhood of Hurroora. 

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