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Sakoli beds. — Disturbed beds between the western boundary of the 

 Raipur Vindhyan basin and Bhandara, resembling the Dharwars 

 and Chilpi Ghat beds. They were briefly mentioned by V. Ball 

 {Rec, Geol. Sun., hid., 180, 1877) and by W. T. Blaiiford in a 

 previously made unpublished report. Sakoli (21° 10' ; 80° 11') 

 is a village in the Bhandara district, Central Provinces. 

 Salem gneiss.— Term proposed by R. B. Foote {Mem., Geol. Surv., 

 hid., XXV, 30, 1895) for the prevalent rock of the Salem hills 

 and the Nilgiri plateau. The name is equivalent to the term 

 ' Nilgiri gneiss ' (q.v.) previously proposed by W. King, and 

 the rocks referred to are those now generally known as the 

 charnockite series. 

 Saletekri beds. — Synonym for Chilpi-gkat beds (q.v.) from the 

 Saletekri range (21°47' ; 80° 52'), north-west of Raipur, Central 

 Provinces, on the western edge of the Chhatisgarh basin (W. 

 King, Rec., Geol. Surv., Ind., XVIII, 187, 1885). 

 Saline group.— Term applied by A. B. AVynne (Rec., Geol. Surv., hid., 

 Ill, 82, 1870) to the lowest beds exposed at Mount Tilla in the 

 Punjab. They were sub-divided as follows : — 



Purple sandstone zone. 



Purple shale. 



Saline marl. 

 This grouping was rejected subsequently in the full description 

 of the Salt Range (Mem., Geol. Sun., Ind., XIV, 70, 1878), the 

 term Saline Series being used to designate the Salt marl with 

 its associated gypsum and rock salt (although Saline Series is 

 used as the section heading, Saline group occurs throughout as 

 the page heading). 



The age of the beds was considered to be pre-Silurian because of 

 the supposed Silurian age of the Obolus beds. W. Waagen 

 (Pal. Ind., XIII, IV, 1891) showed that the fauna was really of 

 Cambrian age. Doubt has been cast on the sedimentary origin 

 of the salt by C. S. Middlemiss (Rec, Geol. Swrv., hid., 

 XXIV, 28, 1891) who suggests that it may be intrusive. 

 Salt=pSeudomorph stage.— The uppermost stage of the Cambrian 

 formation in the Salt Range, Punjab, composed of red flaggy 

 sandstones and shales, with pseudomorphs of cubic salt crystals. 

 Distinguished by A. B. AVynne (Mem., Geol. Surv,, hid,, XIV, 98, 

 1878) and regarded as possibly Triassic in age, without, however, 

 any positive evidence. The beds are unfossiliferous, but are 



