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WYNNE : GEOLOGY 0¥ THE SALT RANGE IN THE PUNJAB. 



No. 11.— NuM- 



MUIITIC. 



Between Katwalii and the village of Khdra (pronounced Khoora) to 



^ the north-north-east, there is a small flat plain 



Khura, Katwahi. 



entirely concealing the rocks, but the carboniferous 



limestones rise in abrupt cliffs on its north-west side. Close to the west 



of the village a section is seen of the junction between the triassic 



group and the nummulitic limestone. The rocks dip west of north at 



40° and 20°, and the section is as follows* : — 



Feet. 

 rCompact nummulitic limestone, ^foeoKwa beds ... 10 



Precipice 50 to 60 feet high of compact nummulitic 



limestone ... ... ... ... 50 



Soit J eWow msLvls, with Nummulites ... 60 to 80 



Brown marls, with many corals ... 15 to 20 



^ Soft yellow sandstones, with Ostrea ... ... 30 



White and yellow and red variegated soft sandstones, 



with plant fragments, partly covered by debris ... 20 (?) 

 Olive calcareous sandstones, with Conus, small shell 



fragments, and lumpy nodules ... ... 30 



Strong ferruginous soft sandstones ... ... 40 



f Greenish and gi-ey shales, variegated, red, yellow and 



blue at top ; Ceratites ... ... 20 to 30 



Ceratite limestone ... ... 3 to 4 



l^Yellow sandy calcareous beds, with Rhynchonellce ... 5 

 C Brown dolomite, like that at Pail ... ... 3 



Grey and greenish calcareous and micaceous sandstone, 

 with limestone bands, weathering red in parts and 

 containing Bellerophon, Productus, &c. 90 to 100 



Compact carboniferous limestone very rich in fossils, 



StropJialosia Morisiana, Productus, Athyris, &c, 60 (?) 

 Debris 



Yellowish red sandstones and brown dolomitic limestones 

 like those at Pail 

 (^Gap ... 

 No, 5 ... Lavender clay appearing 



It is possible that some of the beds above included in the nummul- 

 itic group may be cretaceous ; Conus is found to the eastward in other 

 rocks, believed to be of this age ; but these, for wrant of sufficient evidence, 

 are not separated here as a different group. 



No. 7.— Tbias ...-{ 



No. 



6. — Caebon- 



IPEKOUS. 



* From Dr. Waagen's and my own observations. 



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