﻿LOWER 
  CRETACEOUS 
  SERIES 
  : 
  NBLAR 
  SANDSTONE. 
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  with 
  oxide 
  of 
  iron 
  ; 
  and 
  fields 
  of 
  red 
  or 
  pinkish 
  sandstone 
  present 
  a 
  not 
  

   unpleasant 
  contrast 
  to 
  the 
  black 
  basalts 
  and 
  the 
  white 
  limestone. 
  

  

  The 
  beds 
  are, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  horizontal. 
  But 
  a 
  very 
  low 
  southerly 
  dip 
  

   was 
  observed 
  south 
  of 
  Bag, 
  1 
  and 
  a 
  much 
  higher 
  dip 
  (15° 
  to 
  £0°) 
  to 
  the 
  

   north 
  by 
  the 
  Uri 
  at 
  Ajantar, 
  2 
  and 
  a 
  similar 
  dip 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  at 
  

   Raherda 
  (on 
  the 
  Uri) 
  , 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  a 
  watercourse 
  at 
  Bampura, 
  

   between 
  Billai 
  and 
  Khandlai, 
  south 
  of 
  Bag. 
  The 
  disturbances 
  in 
  the 
  

   Uri 
  valley 
  evidently 
  took 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  interval 
  between 
  the 
  deposition 
  of 
  

   the 
  upper 
  cretaceous 
  limestones 
  and 
  the 
  outpouring 
  of 
  the 
  basaltic 
  lavas 
  

   of 
  the 
  Deccan 
  trap 
  period 
  as 
  they 
  have 
  affected 
  the 
  former, 
  but 
  not 
  the 
  

   latter. 
  In 
  the 
  Wagni 
  valley, 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  the 
  dip 
  is 
  the 
  original 
  

   inclination 
  of 
  bedding. 
  Current 
  bedding 
  is 
  especially 
  characteristic 
  of 
  

   the 
  shaly 
  and 
  marly 
  strata, 
  and 
  is 
  very 
  well 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  pillars 
  and 
  walls 
  

   of 
  the 
  celebrated 
  caves 
  of 
  Bag. 
  

  

  North-west 
  of 
  Bag. 
  — 
  West 
  of 
  Bag, 
  as 
  is 
  also 
  the 
  case 
  east 
  of 
  that 
  

   town, 
  the 
  beds 
  belonging 
  to 
  this 
  series, 
  when 
  traced 
  to 
  the 
  north, 
  

   decrease 
  in 
  extent 
  and 
  thickness. 
  A 
  few 
  inliers, 
  probably 
  nowhere 
  more 
  

   than 
  15 
  feet 
  thick, 
  were 
  met 
  with 
  between 
  Tanda 
  and 
  Bori. 
  West 
  of 
  

   this 
  latter 
  town, 
  hard, 
  coarse, 
  calcareous 
  conglomerates 
  occur 
  at 
  Kunda- 
  

   lawasa, 
  of 
  a 
  somewhat 
  different 
  aspect 
  from 
  any 
  found 
  elsewhere. 
  

   The 
  variation, 
  however, 
  is 
  merely 
  local, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  hesitation 
  in 
  

   referring 
  the 
  rocks 
  to 
  the 
  bottom 
  beds 
  of 
  the 
  Nimar 
  sandstone. 
  

   North-west 
  of 
  Jobat, 
  at 
  Umeri, 
  Kilano, 
  &c, 
  the 
  sandstones, 
  capped 
  by 
  

   Lameta 
  cherts, 
  with 
  or 
  without 
  the 
  intervention 
  of 
  the 
  fossiliferous 
  

   limestones, 
  fringe 
  the 
  Vindhyan 
  range 
  to 
  the 
  south. 
  They 
  average 
  

   between 
  40 
  to 
  50 
  feet, 
  a 
  thickness 
  unusually 
  great 
  for 
  them 
  so 
  far 
  

   north. 
  

  

  South-west 
  of 
  Bag. 
  — 
  In 
  this 
  direction 
  the 
  sandstones 
  are 
  continued 
  with 
  

   one 
  interruption 
  to 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  beyond 
  Phulmal, 
  the 
  seat 
  of 
  a 
  Thakur, 
  

   in 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  Ali 
  Rajpur. 
  Between 
  the 
  villages 
  of 
  Walpur 
  and 
  Thor- 
  

   sindi, 
  where 
  the 
  interruption 
  occurs, 
  the 
  boundary 
  is 
  a 
  fault, 
  the 
  con- 
  

  

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  It 
  is 
  clearly 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  Wagni 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  town. 
  

  

  a 
  North 
  of 
  this 
  village, 
  the 
  sandstones 
  are 
  faulted 
  against 
  the 
  cretaceous 
  limestones. 
  

  

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