KALADGI SERIES, 97 



The very gritty and conglomeratic character of the heds in the 



Kakti plateau changes gradually eastward, so that near Hoskatti and 



Hanbarkatti"^ quartzite beds predominate. The denudation of this 



part of the Kaladgi basin prior to the trap outpouring was very great, 



as shown by the position of the quartzite beds capping the Budnur 



(Boodnoor) hill, which is an inlier of gneissic rocks within the trap area, 



A fine section of the quartzites which there form the basement of the 



Kaladgi series is to be seen in the valley north 

 Sidapur gorge section. 



of Sidapur, where the Budnur nullah enters the 



Kaladgi basin by a rather picturesque gorge. The beds dip 12" north- 

 north-east. 



At the next gorge eastward from Sidapur, the edge of the basin is 

 more than usually uptilted, and the quartzite beds have a dip of from 

 30° to 35° north-east. 



The next section, or, more strictly speaking, exposure of the 



series which is noticeable occurs at Murgod 

 Murgod section. • i i p 



(Moorgor). Here a set of quartzite beds forms 



the actual base of the series, and is overlaid by a set of conglomerates 



with a sandstone forming the surface of great part of the plateau east 



of the village. The surface of this has been greatly broken up by 



weathering probably, but re-formed into a kind of breccia pavement by 



cementation with a ferruginous (quasi-lateritic) cement of apparently 



sub-aerial .origin. The pebbles included in the conglomerates are mostly 



of an older quartzite, probably of gneissic age. The beds forming the 



plateau east of the village rise eastward toward 

 Katharigarh dome. i i n i ^ • • 



the apex of the remarkable flat dome culmmatmg 



in the Katharigarh (Kuttargarh) Droog hill (a trigonometrical station, 



3,844 feet high). The arch of the dome was by some force or other 



* The Atlas Sheet is here incorrect ; the Hanbarkatti nullah flows hence nearly due 

 east into the Budnur (Boodnoor) nullah, and not north-north-east into the Wanur (Wun- 

 noor) nullah. 



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