﻿NEWER 
  ALLUVIUM. 
  

  

  39 
  

  

  The 
  rocks 
  will 
  be 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  order 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  following- 
  tabu- 
  

   lar 
  statement/ 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  word 
  ' 
  group' 
  has 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  somewhat 
  freely, 
  

   e. 
  g. 
  } 
  the 
  Negfais 
  group 
  is 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  metamorphism 
  rather 
  than 
  a 
  defin- 
  

   able 
  stratigraphical 
  division. 
  

  

  f 
  a. 
  — 
  Blown 
  sand 
  

  

  b, 
  — 
  Littoral 
  eorrcrete 
  ... 
  

   I.— 
  NEWER 
  ALLUVIUM 
  -j 
  c— 
  Mangrove 
  swamp... 
  

   d. 
  — 
  Recent 
  alluvium 
  ... 
  

   e. 
  — 
  Regur 
  

  

  f 
  a. 
  — 
  Older 
  alluvium 
  ... 
  

   II.— 
  OLDER 
  ALLUVIUM 
  ■{ 
  b.~ 
  Sands 
  and 
  gravels 
  

   L. 
  c. 
  — 
  Laterite 
  ... 
  

  

  III.— 
  FOSSIL-WOOD 
  GROUP 
  

  

  IV.— 
  PEGU 
  GROUP 
  

  

  V— 
  NUMMULITIC 
  GROUP 
  

  

  VI.-NEGRAIS 
  ROCKS 
  ... 
  

  

  VII.— 
  MAII 
  GROUP 
  

  

  VIIL— 
  AXIAL 
  GROUP 
  

  

  IX.— 
  MOULMEIN 
  GROUP 
  

  

  X.-GNEISS 
  OP 
  MARTABAN 
  

  

  -RECENT. 
  

  

  J 
  

  

  POST-PLIOCENE 
  to 
  PLIOCENE. 
  

   MIOCENE. 
  

   EOCENE. 
  

  

  LOWER 
  EOCENE 
  to 
  CRETACEOUS. 
  

   CRETACEOUS 
  (Cenomanien). 
  

   TRIASSIC 
  (Lilang 
  series.) 
  

   CARBONIFEROUS. 
  

   ? 
  

  

  TRACHYTE. 
  SERPENTINE. 
  GRANITE. 
  ELVAN-DYKES. 
  

  

  IV. 
  — 
  Newer, 
  Alluvium. 
  

  

  Blown 
  sand. 
  — 
  The 
  first 
  of 
  these 
  marine 
  beds, 
  if 
  I 
  may 
  so 
  term 
  it 
  

   from 
  its 
  intimate 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  sea-shore, 
  occurs 
  at 
  a 
  few 
  places 
  along 
  

   the 
  Arakan 
  Coast, 
  though 
  the 
  sand 
  dunes 
  rarely 
  attain 
  any 
  great 
  height. 
  

   Where 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  considerable 
  spread 
  of 
  these 
  sand 
  dunes, 
  they 
  form 
  a 
  

   grazing 
  tract 
  for 
  buffaloes, 
  as 
  a 
  small 
  supply 
  of 
  brackish 
  water 
  is 
  

   usually 
  obtainable 
  from 
  shallow 
  wells 
  sunk 
  along 
  their 
  landward 
  slope. 
  

   Between 
  Cape 
  Negrais 
  and 
  Pagoda 
  Point 
  a 
  somewhat 
  similar 
  formation 
  

  

  ( 
  237 
  ) 
  

  

  