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At Tirtli the limestone, whicli generally lies horizontally or rolls about 

 at low angles, is seen to be elevated to an angle of 



Section at Tirth. ^ 



from 15 to 25° with a northerly dip. Eastward 



of Tirth this upheaval of the limestone soon disappears, but to the west 

 it extends for several miles to the extremity of the limestone plateau 

 south of Hagartungi (Hugurtungee) . This high angle of dip (relatively 

 speaking) does not extend more than a few yards inward from the basset 

 edge of the limestone plateau, while to the south of it the underlying 

 shaley sandstone beds soon resume a very low northerly dip or are hori- 

 zontal. A similar increase of dip close to the basset edge of the limestone 

 Upturned basset along formation is to be seen along its southern boundary 

 soath boundary. southward of Talikot. This may be traced for a 



distance of several miles from a point a little to the east of where the 

 path between the villages of Bilibhavi (Beeleebhawi) and Maileshwar 

 (Mylaishwar) crosses the limestone boundary westward to beyond the 

 village of Kuchbal (Koochbal). The beds are tilted up at an angle of 45° 

 to 50°, but further west the angle decreases gradually. 



In both cases this local increase of dip seems due to a slight up- 

 thifow of the beds on the northern side of a line of faults 



In another case which occurs along the southern boundary of the 



^ „ „„ , . limestone formation to the north-east of Salwarg-i 

 lault near Salwargi. ° 



the faulting of the beds is undoubted, for they are 

 seen to abut against other and older rocks. This is seen about one and 

 a half miles north-east-by-north of Malanur * and one and a quarter miles 

 south-south-east of Kohhal. The limestone beds here abut against the 



overlying trap- flow as 

 shown in the annexed 

 diagram sketch. The 

 faulting took place evi- 



Pre-trappean faulting, a, limestone. 6, shales, sandstone, &c. ^^^utly at SOmC period 



"• ^^^P- prior to the outpouring of 



* The first village in the Nizam's territory eastward of Talikot on the Sorapur road. 



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