﻿LOWER 
  CRETACEOUS 
  SERIES 
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  NLMAR 
  SANDSTONE. 
  

  

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  rise 
  to 
  heights 
  of 
  some 
  300 
  feet, 
  crowned 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  with 
  patches 
  of 
  

   the 
  upper 
  cretaceous 
  limestones 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  thick 
  jungle. 
  They 
  

   slope 
  gradually 
  south-eastward, 
  in 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  dip, 
  the 
  higher 
  

   beds 
  and 
  the 
  limestones 
  just 
  mentioned 
  appearing 
  at 
  lower 
  levels. 
  

  

  The 
  succession 
  of 
  beds 
  is 
  best 
  seen 
  along 
  the 
  Umti 
  and 
  Raisingpura 
  

   streams, 
  which, 
  uniting 
  at 
  Mohan, 
  flow 
  northward 
  to 
  join 
  the 
  Kara 
  river, 
  

   east 
  of 
  Kawant. 
  The 
  sequence 
  in 
  the 
  descending 
  order 
  as 
  exposed 
  near 
  

   Raisingpura 
  is 
  — 
  

  

  Uppee 
  Ceetaceotts. 
  

  

  (1) 
  Deccan 
  trap. 
  

  

  (2) 
  Very 
  hard, 
  massive, 
  coarse 
  grits 
  and 
  conglomerates 
  (Lametas). 
  

  

  (3) 
  Purple 
  concretionary 
  marl. 
  ~\ 
  

  

  (4) 
  Marly 
  sandstone 
  with 
  oysters 
  (especially 
  at 
  the 
  hase). 
  C 
  Nodular 
  limestone. 
  

  

  (5) 
  Marly 
  limestcne. 
  \ 
  

  

  Lowee 
  Ceetaceotts 
  (Neocomian). 
  

  

  (6) 
  Thinly-bedded 
  sandy 
  shales 
  with 
  inter-stratified 
  thicker 
  beds, 
  the 
  former 
  with 
  

  

  trails 
  of 
  arthropods 
  and 
  worms 
  and 
  impressions 
  of 
  minute 
  bivalves. 
  

  

  (7) 
  Fine-grained 
  white 
  sandstone. 
  

  

  (8) 
  Massive 
  sandstones 
  with 
  yellowish 
  specks, 
  largely 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  building 
  stone 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood. 
  

  

  (9) 
  Alternations 
  of 
  gritstones 
  and 
  sandstones. 
  

  

  Proceeding 
  southward 
  along 
  the 
  stream, 
  the 
  beds 
  (2) 
  are 
  seen 
  to 
  be 
  

   thrown 
  down 
  against 
  strata 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  horizon 
  as 
  (6), 
  towards 
  

   Chickli 
  (B), 
  and 
  beds 
  similar 
  to 
  (7) 
  and 
  (8) 
  are 
  found 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  yards, 
  

   beyond 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  cut 
  off 
  by 
  basaltic 
  rocks. 
  

  

  Dips 
  are 
  well 
  seen 
  along 
  the 
  streams. 
  They 
  vary 
  from 
  5° 
  to 
  10°, 
  

   to 
  S.-10 
  or 
  20°-E., 
  the 
  higher 
  dip 
  being 
  exhibited 
  by 
  the 
  beds 
  near 
  

   the 
  fault. 
  Calculating 
  from 
  the 
  average 
  dip 
  and 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   section, 
  the 
  thickness 
  of 
  the 
  beds 
  exposed 
  would 
  amount 
  to 
  some 
  700 
  feet. 
  

  

  The 
  north-eastern 
  boundary 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  inlier 
  up 
  to 
  Kakanpur 
  is 
  

   certainly 
  a 
  fault. 
  The 
  Deccan 
  trap 
  rocks 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  were 
  observed 
  to 
  

   be 
  inclined 
  at 
  places. 
  At 
  Nawalja 
  the 
  inclination 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  

   exceptionally 
  high 
  (20° 
  S.E.). 
  But 
  the 
  usual 
  dip 
  is 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  

   as, 
  if 
  not 
  less 
  than, 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  sandstones, 
  and 
  is 
  directed 
  the 
  same 
  way. 
  

   Low 
  ridge-like 
  rises 
  of 
  compact 
  basalt, 
  scarcely 
  raised 
  20 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  

  

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