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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12512767245).jpg 194 <br> PROCEEDINGS OP THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY <br> whenever a river is in train that is when the water has got the <br> proper load of solid matter due to its velocity it loses all power of <br> scour be the velocity what it may <br> This opens out a large subject for investigation of vital import- <br> ance to hydraulic engineering ; but as the object of this paper is to <br> show what is at present going on the better to enable us to form <br> an idea of what occurred immediately before the present state of <br> things I will not discuss it I have now to consider what has been <br> the last great exception to which I have alluded Tbis is the up- <br> heaval of the Sewalik range and the probable formation of the <br> deep valleys through which our large rivers flow <br> The accompanying section fig 3 shows by a dotted line where <br> the Sewaliks are crossed what was pi-obably the sui'face of the <br> Fig 3 ” Diagravi Section through the Sewcdiks near Umhalla <br> Vertical scale 600 feet to 1 inch Horizontal scale 12 miles to 1 inch <br> country prior to their upheaval We have a remarkable corrobora- <br> tion of this curve-theory at Guneshpoor B which is a little over a <br> mile south of the hills a well has lately been sunk and water was <br> only reached at 120 feet below the surface of the dry or Babur <br> tract ; while where the dotted line is above the present surface is 34985197 108770 51125 Page 194 Text v 28 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/34985197 1872 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 28 1872 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 34985197 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/34985197 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 N02/12512767245 2015-08-27 09 58 27 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1872 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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