﻿MEMOIRS 
  

  

  OF 
  

  

  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SURVEY 
  OF 
  INDIA. 
  

  

  The 
  Geology 
  of 
  the 
  Kathiawar 
  Peninsula 
  in 
  Guzerat, 
  

   by 
  Eranois 
  Eedden, 
  A.R.S.M., 
  F.G.S., 
  Geological 
  

   Survey 
  of 
  India. 
  {With 
  a 
  plate 
  and 
  a 
  map.) 
  

  

  CHAPTER 
  I. 
  

  

  INTRODUCTORY. 
  

  

  Topographical, 
  — 
  The 
  province 
  of 
  Kathiawar 
  (Kattywar) 
  1 
  occupies 
  the 
  

   peninsula 
  between 
  the 
  Gulfs 
  of 
  Cutch 
  and 
  of 
  Cambay 
  in 
  the 
  Bombay 
  

   Presidency. 
  On 
  the 
  north 
  it 
  is 
  bounded 
  by 
  the 
  Gulf 
  and 
  Ran 
  3 
  of 
  Cutch 
  ; 
  

   while 
  the 
  extensive 
  southern 
  shore 
  is 
  washed 
  by 
  the 
  Arabian 
  sea. 
  The 
  

   extreme 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  peninsula 
  is 
  about 
  220 
  miles 
  ; 
  its 
  greatest 
  breadth 
  

   about 
  165 
  miles; 
  and 
  its 
  area 
  22,000 
  square 
  miles 
  exclusive 
  of 
  any 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  Ran. 
  

  

  The 
  peninsula 
  has 
  an 
  irregularly 
  shaped 
  outline, 
  somewhat 
  resem- 
  

   bling 
  on 
  a 
  small 
  scale 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  hatchet-head. 
  Generally 
  speaking, 
  the 
  

   surface 
  is 
  undulating 
  with 
  low 
  ill-defined 
  ranges 
  of 
  hills. 
  The 
  central 
  

  

  1 
  Surdshtra 
  was 
  the 
  old 
  name 
  for 
  this 
  portion 
  of 
  Guzerat. 
  It 
  was 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  

   Moguls 
  as 
  ' 
  Sordth 
  ', 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  Greeks 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  ^avpaarp^vr}. 
  

  

  2 
  Sometimes 
  spelled 
  'Runn' 
  and 
  'Rann/ 
  occasionally 
  'Erunj' 
  the 
  word 
  signifies 
  a 
  

   waste 
  tract 
  dangerous 
  to 
  travel. 
  

  

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  ) 
  

  

  Memoirs 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  India, 
  Vol. 
  XXI, 
  Pt. 
  2. 
  

  

  