﻿WAJDHWAN 
  SANDSTONES. 
  13 
  

  

  in 
  section 
  on 
  a 
  newly-fractured 
  face, 
  but 
  they 
  cannot 
  be 
  developed 
  suffi- 
  

   ciently 
  for 
  determination, 
  and 
  many 
  minute 
  Bryozoa 
  may 
  be 
  detected 
  with 
  

   a 
  lens. 
  A 
  piece 
  of 
  silicified 
  wood 
  was 
  also 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  locality. 
  

   The 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  rock 
  gives 
  it 
  a 
  strong 
  resemblance 
  to 
  the 
  cherty 
  mem- 
  

   bers 
  of 
  the 
  Bag 
  beds. 
  

  

  The 
  base 
  of 
  this 
  peculiar 
  sandstone 
  is 
  not 
  exposed 
  in 
  the 
  Bhogawa 
  

   river 
  section, 
  nor 
  is 
  its 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  underlying 
  roeks 
  clearly 
  displayed 
  

   anywhere. 
  Its 
  association 
  with 
  the 
  traps 
  is, 
  however, 
  very 
  well 
  seen 
  in 
  

   a 
  ravine 
  a 
  mile 
  or 
  so 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  station, 
  where 
  the 
  latter 
  abuts 
  

   against 
  and 
  partly 
  overlaps 
  the 
  sandstone. 
  

  

  The 
  same 
  rock 
  is 
  exposed 
  for 
  a 
  limited 
  extent 
  in 
  the 
  ravines 
  on 
  the 
  

   north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Sitha, 
  10 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Wadhwan 
  station 
  : 
  

   but 
  its 
  association 
  with 
  the 
  trap 
  alongside 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  clearly 
  seen 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  

   former 
  locality. 
  The 
  thickness 
  of 
  the 
  sandstone 
  here, 
  however, 
  must 
  be 
  

   considerable, 
  if 
  the 
  native 
  testimony 
  be 
  true 
  that 
  a 
  well 
  was 
  sunk 
  to 
  a 
  

   depth 
  of 
  50 
  cubits 
  piercing 
  no 
  other 
  kind 
  of 
  rock. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Morvi 
  State 
  to 
  the 
  westward, 
  the 
  Wadhwan 
  sandstone 
  is 
  

   again 
  seen, 
  but 
  very 
  sparingly. 
  The 
  stream 
  at 
  Jhinkiali, 
  1 
  2 
  miles 
  north 
  

   of 
  Morvi, 
  has 
  exposed 
  both 
  the 
  red 
  and 
  other 
  sandstones 
  of 
  this 
  possibly 
  

   cretaceous 
  group. 
  In 
  the 
  right 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  stream 
  about 
  300 
  yards 
  

   above 
  the 
  village, 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  boss 
  or 
  dome-shaped 
  mass 
  of 
  brick-red 
  sof 
  tish 
  

   sandstone, 
  readily 
  weathering 
  and 
  reticulated 
  with, 
  calcite. 
  This 
  mass 
  

   is 
  nearly 
  surrounded 
  and 
  overlapped 
  by 
  decomposing 
  traps, 
  as 
  shown 
  

   in 
  the 
  following 
  sketch 
  section 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Skeicln 
  Section 
  

  

  (L. 
  Trap 
  . 
  B 
  SccrvoLslorue. 
  

  

  The 
  stream 
  bank 
  at 
  the 
  village 
  shows 
  a 
  section 
  of 
  30 
  or 
  40 
  feet 
  of 
  

   various 
  soft 
  sandstones 
  — 
  yellow, 
  red, 
  and 
  light-coloured, 
  lying 
  horizon- 
  

   tally. 
  Similar 
  beds 
  are 
  again 
  exposed, 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  village, 
  in 
  the 
  

  

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