11 J WYNNE: TRANS-INDUS SALT REGION, KOHAT DISTRICT. 



with the salt, the latter intervening between the gypsum rib and the 

 nummulitic limestone of the southern side of the ellipsoid which, like 

 that to the north, is inclined the wrong way, dipping to the north, or 

 is vertical or disturbed along the inner side of the southern ridge, the 

 outer slopes of this being formed, generally up to the crest, by the lower 

 beds of the tertiary sandstone and clay series. 



To the east of this Soortung (Surtung) salt locality for about 



Interior of range to three mileS the rid S es ^vmiug the opposite sides 

 east * of the ellipsoid diverge, leaving a wide space 



between covered with gypsum and debris of the accompanying clays, the 

 nummulitic limestones as usual forming the crests of the outer ridges, 

 or reaching high up on their inner sides, and traces of the usual red clay 

 zone being observable between the limestone and the gypsum within. 



Where the Merandi (Mirandf) short cut or bridle-path from Teeree 



Merandi pathway sec (™) to Totukh * crosses the range, the true rela- 

 tlon - tions of the rocks begin to become more apparent. 



The lower tertiary sandstones and clays at a short distance south of the 

 Teeree (Tiri) river dip northward at high angles up to 60°. Further 

 southward up the ascent they become contorted, and are at last faulted 

 against the nummulitic limestone, having patches resting upon it, and 



the junction with the limestone here at one spot 

 Fault. . . nn . 



presenting the appearance seen in rig. 22, which 



shews the junction of limestone and tertiary sandstone, Merandi pathway. 



1. Contorted purplish-gray sandstones and purple clays. 2. Contorted and crushed nummulitic 

 limestone. 



Where the path gains the first summit, the nummulitic limestone 



and shales are seen to form an irregular and dis- 

 Nurnmulitic. . 



turbed band undulating along the crest, sending 



out a short narrow projection among the sandstones to the north-east, 



while to the eastward they pass gently and conformably beneath the latter 



rocks. A few paces southward near a small tank 

 Red clay zone. 



the limestones are much disturbed, and a few beds 



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