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  ROCKS 
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  ALICOOR 
  AREA. 
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  with 
  grass-like 
  stalks 
  resembling 
  Poacites. 
  Specimens 
  of 
  Tceniopteris 
  

   were 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  greatest 
  numbers, 
  but 
  chiefly 
  in 
  the 
  clayey 
  layers, 
  

   which 
  are 
  very 
  soft, 
  and 
  on 
  drying 
  these 
  crumbled 
  away 
  into 
  small 
  

   pieces. 
  This 
  bed 
  No. 
  4 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  lowest 
  of 
  the 
  fine 
  grained 
  forma- 
  

   tions 
  in 
  the 
  Sripermatoor 
  rocks 
  in 
  the 
  Alicoor 
  area, 
  and 
  apparently 
  occurs 
  

   very 
  low 
  down 
  in 
  the 
  series 
  near 
  its 
  base. 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  section 
  occurs 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Naikenpolliam 
  valley, 
  

  

  Section 
  north-east 
  of 
  about 
  three 
  quarters 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  north-east 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Naikenpolliam. 
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  i_ 
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  • 
  1 
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  i 
  

  

  village, 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  ram 
  -gully 
  beginning 
  high 
  up 
  

  

  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  hill. 
  The 
  layer 
  of 
  the 
  debris 
  is 
  only 
  just 
  cut 
  through, 
  

  

  and 
  nothing 
  is 
  seen 
  but 
  very 
  coarse 
  quartzite 
  shingle 
  with 
  small 
  boulders 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  same 
  rock 
  imbedded 
  in 
  soft, 
  gritty, 
  clayey, 
  granitic 
  detritus, 
  of 
  

  

  mottled 
  grey 
  and 
  red 
  color. 
  The 
  relative 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  bed 
  is 
  not 
  

  

  shown 
  in 
  this 
  section. 
  

  

  About 
  one 
  quarter 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  south 
  from 
  the 
  above 
  section 
  the 
  side 
  

  

  Section 
  east 
  by 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  hil1 
  is 
  scored 
  b 
  y 
  a 
  double 
  gully, 
  the 
  eastern 
  

  

  of 
  Naikenpolliam. 
  ^ 
  of 
  ^^ 
  ^ 
  weU 
  through 
  the 
  foetus 
  and 
  

  

  gives 
  the 
  following 
  section, 
  of 
  which 
  a 
  sketch 
  is 
  annexed 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  V 
  

  

  Pig. 
  8.— 
  Section 
  east 
  by 
  north 
  of 
  Naikenpolliam. 
  

  

  aa. 
  Rubble 
  with 
  dark-brown 
  earthy 
  matrix. 
  

  

  Ft. 
  

  

  In. 
  

  

  a. 
  Fine 
  friable-brown 
  sandstones 
  with 
  very 
  few 
  small 
  

  

  quart- 
  

  

  

  zite 
  pebbles 
  ... 
  

  

  ... 
  6 
  

  

  

  

  b. 
  Friable 
  grit 
  with 
  pebbles 
  of 
  quartzite 
  and 
  syenite 
  ... 
  

  

  ... 
  1 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  c. 
  Fine 
  shaly 
  grit 
  ... 
  ... 
  ,., 
  ,,, 
  

  

  ... 
  1 
  

  

  6 
  

  

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