268 WYNNE : GEOLOGY OP KtJTCH. [pART II, 



Section 11. — Abuassa. 



The plains of Abrassa are the broadest in Kutehj including the 

 open basin of the Mhurr and Teyrah rivers, where 'rain wash' and 

 such superficial accumulations cause much difficulty in referring the 

 slightly undulating rocks to their proper places. Here the nummulitic 

 beds have disappeared, and while the sub-nummulitic group continues 

 along the base of the hills, that which immediately succeeds it has been 

 referred by Mr. Fedden, from the abundance and character of its fossils, 

 to a place in the series above both the nummulitic and the next over- 

 lying but not constantly present group. 



Connected sections do not occur of any length, and it will be 

 sufficient to mention the most important localities. 



Between the locality last described and the village of Badra, not far 



from the base of the hills, some ferruginous and 

 Badra. / ° 



black sandstones underlie soft rubbly beds in 



which a few Nummulites spira, and Ceriildum ?sp. occur similar to 



those high up in the series near Cheroperee. Just south of Badra a 



stream exposes a cliff section of 50 feet, in which is a yellow raggy, 



shelly marl interstratified with red and green sandy shales and other 



sandy beds. These are seen to be locally disturbed, changing suddenly 



from horizontal to a sharp dip of 35° to north by east. A general 



northerly dip is also traceable westward from this to the faulted ground 



in the neighbourhood of Joonagea and Sambera. 



Near the latter village the streams on either side expose bright 

 yellow rubbly marls with a few shell casts, beneath which is a bed of 

 impure yellow limestone with Clypeaster, Ostrea and Pecten overlying 



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