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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12511888795).jpg 192 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY <br> The upcast of the palaeozoic formations in the lowest or southern- <br> most of these ridges constitutes the chief interest of this communi- <br> catiouj and leads us to hope how with an extension of surveys other <br> palaeozoic zones may be found besides those in the higher ranges in <br> which Capt Strachey has already developed true Silurian rocks <br> In the meantime we find through the labours of independent ob- <br> servers that however dismembered and separated Silurian Devonian <br> and Carboniferous rocks of Europe and America exhibit their repre- <br> sentatives in the Himalaya Mountains and thence extending into <br> Hindostan <br> Another great geological feature is brought out by these researches <br> in the evidence that the palaeozoic rocks of the Salt Range have been <br> upheaved posterior to the well-known tertiary bone-beds of Northern <br> India Hence there is every reason to believe that in the East as well <br> as in Europe some of the mightiest dislocations like those of the <br> Alps Apennines and Pyrenees have taken place after the formation <br> of deposits charged with the spoils of the largest quadrupeds <br> R I M <br> The Salt Range in the Northern Punjaub consists of a series <br> of stratified rocks having a general E and W strike and dipping to <br> the North at angles varying from 35° to 50° The direction how- <br> ever of the dip as must be the case in all mountain chains is <br> irregular Although the strata forming the Range present such a <br> high general inclination yet no intrusive rock has yet been met <br> with by the author of this commimication who has been engaged <br> under Government for some years in carrying on researches chiefly <br> on the south side of the Range with a view to develope the mineral <br> resources of the Punjaub <br> The subjoined diagram Fig 2 exhibits the general structure ot <br> the Salt Range f <br> Fig 2 ” Diagram showing the general section N ' S across the <br> Salt Rarcge Northern Punjaub <br> The figures in tlie diagram have reference to the following list of the strata <br> composing the range <br> See Quart Journ Geol Soc vol vii p 292 c <br> t For Reports geological mineralogical c on the Salt Range by Dr A <br> Fleming see Calcutta Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1848-49 vol xvii <br> and xviii 34983305 108767 51125 Page 192 Text v 9 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/34983305 1853 Geological Society of London NameFound Himalaya NameConfirmed Himalaya NameBankID 4552760 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 9 1853 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 34983305 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/34983305 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-14 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12511888795 2015-08-27 10 02 03 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1853 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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