15a WYNNE : GEOLOGY OF THE SALT EANGE IN THE PUNJAB. 



overlaid by some dark shale and whitish sandstones of the ''olive group/' 

 with carbonaceous markings. At other places, the succession is natural, 

 but both of the last-mentioned groups are comparatively thin. 



On this road, overlooking a little valley much filled with calcareous 

 tufa, and on the ascent up to Salowi, the sand- 



Eoad to Salowi. „ , n ^ ^ ,1 



stones of the " olive group" not tar below the 



nummulitic limestone, were observed to be studded with scattered 



projecting knobs, which if concretionary had a very organic aspect, and 



much resemblance both to one another and to the opened valves of a 



Tfigmiaj^ Above these sandstones, variegated, reddish, and conglomeratic 



sandstones intervened below the limestone. In this neighbourhood the 



plateau-limestone has been cut down into long valleys, exposing the 



underlying beds, and the junction of the limestone and the latter at one 



place is as follows :— 



Feet. 

 Part of the nummulitic limestone ... ... 30 to 50 



White marly limestone ... ... ... 100 



Black shale ... ... ... ... 6 



White sandstone and black shale ... ... 50 



The lower part of these rocks belongs apparently to the " olive group^^ 

 and the representative of the coaly shales has dwindled away to the few 

 feet mentioned ; the strong and very white sandstone seen above Baghan- 

 wala having disappeared. Indeed, the rocks forming the lower part of 

 this exposure are so obliquely bedded, that one band of sandstone, fully 

 fifteen feet thick, thins out entirely within a hundred yards along the 

 cliff face ; where the stratification is so irregular, it is not surprising that 

 much difference should be found in different sections. 



Southward of this place, an extremely dislocated group o£ hills rests 



upon the outer edge of the red marl, a couple of 

 Sadowal. 



miles to the north of Sadowal. These hills are 



evidently formed of portions of the series slipped from their places, and 



disconnected, mainly by the fault along which the red marl for a few 



* As suggested by Dr. Stoliczka; 

 ( 152 ) 



