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  MEDLICOTT: 
  SATPtJRA 
  COAL-BASIN. 
  

  

  limestones, 
  and 
  sandstones 
  ; 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  the 
  limestone 
  is 
  the 
  

   prevailing 
  rock. 
  The 
  crest 
  of 
  the 
  ridge 
  is 
  formed 
  of 
  Jabalpiir 
  sandstone. 
  

  

  West 
  of 
  the 
  Anjan 
  to 
  the 
  Tawa 
  and 
  on 
  to 
  Sali 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  con- 
  

   spicuous 
  hill 
  on 
  the 
  northern 
  range. 
  The 
  rocks 
  

   From 
  the 
  Anjan 
  to 
  Sali. 
  

  

  present 
  everywhere 
  the 
  same 
  irregularity 
  of 
  com- 
  

   position 
  — 
  sandstones, 
  clays, 
  and 
  limestones, 
  without 
  any 
  assignable 
  order, 
  

   horizontal 
  or 
  vertical, 
  only 
  that 
  the 
  conglomerates 
  are 
  always 
  in 
  

   greatest 
  force 
  near 
  to 
  the 
  main 
  boundary. 
  At 
  Sali 
  there 
  is 
  another 
  

   instance 
  of 
  local 
  peculiarity 
  : 
  next 
  the 
  main 
  boundary 
  there 
  is 
  massive 
  

   earthy 
  and 
  calcareous 
  sandstone-conglomerate 
  ; 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  Silpiti 
  hills, 
  

   a 
  mile 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  horizon, 
  the 
  section 
  is 
  entirely 
  made 
  up 
  

   of 
  strong 
  lumpy 
  limestone 
  and 
  red 
  sandy 
  clays. 
  

  

  The 
  northern 
  range, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  Silpiti 
  hills 
  are 
  the 
  western 
  

  

  termination, 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  edge 
  

   In 
  the 
  Moran 
  hills. 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  Moran 
  plateau. 
  They 
  are 
  only 
  separated 
  by 
  

  

  the 
  narrow 
  gorge 
  of 
  the 
  Sali. 
  The 
  rocks 
  have 
  the 
  same 
  strikes 
  and 
  are 
  in 
  

  

  part 
  continuous 
  ; 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  rapid 
  horizontal 
  change 
  from 
  the 
  

  

  earthy 
  and 
  calcareous 
  beds 
  of 
  Silpiti 
  into 
  sandstone 
  on 
  the 
  west. 
  From 
  

  

  Sali 
  to 
  Lokartalai 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  well-defined 
  scarped 
  edge 
  of 
  conglomerates 
  

  

  and 
  sandstone, 
  which 
  spread 
  southwards 
  in 
  irregular 
  ridges 
  for 
  the 
  

  

  whole 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  basin, 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  boundary 
  of 
  the 
  traps. 
  There 
  can 
  be 
  

  

  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  the 
  northern 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  plateau, 
  for 
  an 
  unknown 
  width, 
  

  

  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  Bagra 
  group. 
  

  

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