MEMOIRS 



OF THE 



GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 



The Geological Features of the South Mahratta Country and 

 ADJACENT Districts, hy R. Bruce Foote_, f. g. s.. Geological Sitrvey 

 of India. 



CONTENTS. 



Chaptee I. — Introductory. 



„ II. — Synopsis of previous Observations. 



„ III. — The Gneissic Rocks and associated intrusive Rocks. 



„ IV. — The Kaladgi (Kadapali ?) Series. 



„ V. — The Bhima (Karnul) Series. 



„ VI. — Infra-trappean Rocks. (Lameta Group?) 



„ VII. — The Deccan Trap and Inter-trappean beds. 



„ VIII.^ — The Deccan Trap Iron-clay (Laterite.) 



„ IX. — The Ratnagiri Plant beds. 



„ X. — Tertiary and recent Deposits. 



„ XI. — Sub-aerial formations and Soils. 



„ XII. — Economic Geology. 



CHAPTER 1. 



introductory. 

 The name " South. Mahratta Country*" is, strictly speaking, a mere 



ojeographical term applied to the country which 

 Value of name, ^ 



formed the southern part of the Mahratta empire, 



without reference to the distribution of the Mahratta people. 



* The name of South Mahratta Country is applied to certain districts formerly under 

 Mahratta rule, and includes the Collectorates of Belgaum, Kaladgi and Dharwar, the State 

 of Kolhapur and the Jaghirs of Sangli, Miraj, Kurundwad, Jamkhandi, Mudhol, Ramdurg 

 Akalkot and Sawant Wari. The spelling of the names of places has been adapted as far as 



Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Vol. XII, Art. 1. 



