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FOOTE : SOUTH MAHRATTA COUNTKY. 



basin. 



The succession of beds seen in the central part of the Bhima basin, 

 . „ ., as determined by Mr. King-, appears to be as 



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follows : — 



^ Red calcareous shales of Muduwal (Moodoowal) 



I Buzruk ... ... ... ... 30' — 40' observed. 



c Flaggy limestone beds of Jewargi (Jeywurgi) or 

 I Madarki (Mudurki). 



BufE shales of Gogi ... ' ... ... 18'— 20' observed. 



f Quartzites (sandstone) and conglomerates of Hotta- 



1 patti ... ... ... ... 200'— 300' observed. 



I Blue thick -bedded splintery limestone brecciated 



I in part ... ... ... ... 200' 



c Thin-bedded and flaggy limestone with chert, &c., 



i of the Eastern Durga, Gogi, and of Shahabad (?) 200' 



c Blue and grey splintery limestones with occasional 



I breccia beds — " Shahabad" beds = Talikotbeds ... 200 



Purple and red and dirty-green shales of Nalwar ... 110' 



Thin -bedded " rice-grain" quartzites ... ... 6"— 2' 



Gneiss. 





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observed. 



Only the three lowest of these groups are represented in the eastern 

 and western parts of the Bhima basin^ namely — 



C Very compact " waxy" limestones, " Talikot" beds, 

 c. < grey, cream-colored, blue, purple, pink, &c., with 

 C some shaley beds; some beds are "lithographic"... 80' 



[ Purple, red, drab, and dark-green shales with thin 



I calcareous flags or shales near the top. Locally a 



, gritty purple quartzite underlies the limestone, 



especially in the most westerly sections . . . 80' 100' 



a. Quartzites, sandstones, and conglomerates ... 5' 60' 



observed. 



Upper red shales. 



On the north-western border where the Bhima river emerges from 

 the trap area, Mr. King found the limestone series 

 to -be overlaid by an upper series of red and 

 purple shales which form the highest known member of the Bhima series. 

 It is quite possible, however, that yet higher or younger beds may be 

 concealed under the overlying trap. These upper shales extend south- 

 ward and westward under the trap. Mr. King describes them as hardly 

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