DECCAN TRAP IRON-CLAY. 



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clay terraces of Ambgaon^ and Chapoli 

 (Champolee of map), the Gauli plateau 

 most strongly resembles a normal iron- 

 clay-capped trap area. 



This Gauli plateau, which is of con- 

 siderable extent, but rather irregular 

 shape, stretches southward upon the 

 high ridge which extends eastward from 

 the Pahldy (trigonometrical station) 

 peak,t and forms the boundary between 

 tlie Belgaum and South Canara districts. 



The whole aspect of this plateau 

 and its position relative to the iron- 

 clay terraces north of the great ravine 

 are strongly suggestive of their having 

 once been continuous^ and the sketch 

 section given herewith strengthens that 

 idea, which forced itself very strongly 

 upon my mind when on the spot. The 

 chief difi&culties to be explained away 

 before that idea can be accepted are — 

 \stly, the absence of traces of the 

 Deccan trap, and %ndli/, the absence 

 of any distinction between such parts ' 



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* Ambgaon lies nearly a mile further S. S. E. 

 than shown in the map. 



t Locally known as the Darshin Dongar. The 

 western part of the ridge in question, as seen 

 from Bimgarh, is shown in Plate III. The 

 iron-clay beds there rest upon the crystalline 

 magnesian limestone beds, forming the remai-k- 

 able cliffs shown in the view, 



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