CHAMBAL MOUNTATN, EAST. 



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tain borders this valley or pass, and is formed by some stronger bands 

 of sandstone^ etc., the dips being still high, and, near the village of 

 Nurpur vertical, giving a thickness of more than a mile. Further 

 eastward soft grey sandstones and light brownish Siwalik clays with 

 conglomerate bands undulate over an intricate and deeply -ravined 

 mass of lower hills towards Darapur, some of the sandstone beds 

 being extremely soft and weathering down to sand heaps. These upper 

 beds form a very wide arch with gentle inclinations, except on the 

 banks of the Jhelum, where the dips are generally high. The series is 

 as follows : — 



ChjaT,-J,al hill S't" 

 2290 



13 



P'ere'^iOOOfb 



Siwalik No. 13 



Nahan No. 12 



Nos. 9, 10, U 



Palaeozoic 



Fig. 13. Section over Chambal Hill (East). 

 a, Dolomite bed in Salt-marl. 



■ Grey sandstones, very friable, and light brown marly 

 clays ; maximum apparent thickness, which may 

 be much below the real amount 

 Red zone, chiefly clays 

 Lower sandstone, etc. ... ,.. 



r Nummulitic limestone '\ 

 ) Olive group > Absent 



[^ Salt-pseudomorph zone j 



4. Magnesian sandstone 

 1 3. Dark shaly band (Silurian) ... 

 )2. Purple sandstone ... 

 .1. Red gypseous marl 



Feet. 



... 5,500 

 ... 1,500 

 . . 500 







50 to 



150 to 200 



... 500 



? 



In the dislocated ground between Jalalpur and Vang, the village of 



Rocks of the dislocated ^^^^°^ ^' '^^"^^"^ ^^^^' *^^ "^'^^^^ ^^ ^ faulted 

 s^oimd. portion of the rocks, comprising several of the 



local groups. The stream below the village shows the red salt 



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