On the Carboniferous Rocks of the Valley of Kashmere
1866; Geological Society of London; Volume: 22; Issue: 1-2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1144/gsl.jgs.1866.022.01-02.08
ISSN2058-105X
Autores Tópico(s)Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict Zones
ResumoThe district or Pergunah of Vihi is situated on the right bank of the Jhelum, above Srinagar, and is bounded on the N.W. by Zebanwan (8813 feet), on the S.E. by Wasterwan. The rough panoramic sketch (fig. 2) of the hills which surround this valley, as seen from the line of the river looking east, indicate the positions of the several places at which the following sections were taken. The distance from Zéwan to Reshpur is about 8 miles. The level plain consists of the lacustrine and alluvial deposits of the Kashmere valley, through which the streams from the hills have cut deep courses. The Jhelum flows between high banks of the same formation. Everywhere, both in Kashmere and Thibet, a Palæozoic series underlies the Mesozoic formations. The age of the Palæozoic rocks is that of the Carboniferous series of Europe, but as yet fossils have not occurred to enable me to distinguish any formations of older date. As, however, Lower Silurian fossils from the Khyber Hills were found by Dr. Falconer in the gravel of the Cabul River, as also by Colonel Strachey on the Niti Pass, the great masses of slaty and metamorphosed rocks, which in this part of the Himalayan chain underlie the Carboniferous beds, may be referred to a Lower Palæozoic series. The Carboniferous formation may be traced all along the range of mountains on the north side of the Kashmere valley, where, in conjunction with Dr. Vercher, I met with its characteristic fossils in great
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