1854.] Notes on the Geology of the Punjab Salt Range. 671 



for to the north it stretches like a boundless sea, as far as the weary 

 eye can follow, presenting a seemingly interminable succession of 

 sands and marls alternating with the greatest regularity. The 

 following section will convey an idea of the mode of occurrence of 

 the different beds. 



Section near Jabbi, ascending order. 



Nummulite limestone, feet. No. 9. 



Nummulite sandstone, 40 No. 1 0. 



Eed and white marls, 80 No. 11. 



Soft greenish sandstone, 90 



Coarse band, (marly and concretionary,) 4 



Fine greenish sandstones, 180 



Green arenaceous marl, 15 



Greenish sandstone with ferruginous spherules, .... 80 



Coarse band, 3 



Greenish sandstones with 4 coarse bands, 140 



Coarse pebbly band, , 15 



Eed marl, 15 



Green sandstone with coarse yellowish bands, 80 



Eed marl, . . , 10 



Coarse pebbly band, 40 



Eed marl, 80 



Coarse and fine arenaceous beds, 70 



Eedmarl, 90 



Eine sandstone, 60 



Eed and white banded marls, 150 



Sands, marls and pebbly bands, 



The sandstones are usually soft and contain a few pebbles. Their 

 colour is mostly greenish, also white, reddish, or grey. The marls 

 are dull red, or red and white banded. The coarse bands are beds 

 of a concretionary marl, resembling a conglomerate, but rarely con- 

 taining pebbles. Their colour is mostly yellow, or reddish-yellow 

 and brown. Though fossils are found throughout the series, it is 

 only in a few places that they occur at all numerously. Towards 

 the west of the range, the bones found are little better than mere 

 fragments past recognition ; but to the east they are not only more 

 numerous, but well preserved. Near Kulla Kahar east of the salt 



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