NIZAMPUR POTHOLES

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

So-called potholes (most likely whirlpools) reported GRIESBACH (1892: 99) from somewhere near the dákh bungalow at Nizámpúr (note 1) about 17 miles / 27 km approxiamtely south-west of Attock (note 2) railway station (N33°52'27”: E072°14'29” WGS84): I found horizontally bedded coarse sandstone with sandy shales and beds of sand, which formations are part of the older Indus deposits I believe [note 3]. Springs of slightly warm and brackish water rise north of the dakh bungalow, and eroding the soft sandstones and shales have formed a tortuous gorge with pot-holes. Over part of these sub-recent deposits of the valley stretch enormous fans of hill-detritus, through which deep ravines have been cut by rain-torrents.So-called potholes (most likely whirlpools) reported GRIESBACH (1892: 99) from somewhere near the dákh bungalow at Nizámpúr (note 1) about 17 miles / 27 km approxiamtely south-west of Attock (note 2) railway station (N33°52'27”: E072°14'29” WGS84): I found horizontally bedded coarse sandstone with sandy shales and beds of sand, which formations are part of the older Indus deposits I believe [note 3]. Springs of slightly warm and brackish water rise north of the dakh bungalow, and eroding the soft sandstones and shales have formed a tortuous gorge with pot-holes. Over part of these sub-recent deposits of the valley stretch enormous fans of hill-detritus, through which deep ravines have been cut by rain-torrents.