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Identifier: quarterlyjourna601904geol (find matches)
Title: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London
Year: 1845 (1840s)
Authors: Geological Society of London
Subjects: Geology
Publisher: London (etc.)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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s to be an ordinary soil washed from the slopes above, for it isfull of small chips of vein-quartz, though larger stones are un-common. Towards the ancient buried cliff which formerly boundedthe old bay on the west, the loam becomes more stony and like the* head above ; but unfortunately that part of the section was some-what obscured by landslips, and we could not ascertain exactlywhere the change occurs. Careful examination shows that the loam was at one time a trueland-surface, for it is full of small vertical roots. Unfortunately,these are preserved only as ochrcous casts, too much decayed formiroscopic examination. Towards the top of the loam occurs a blackseam, usually about 6* inches thick. At first this was thought to bepeaty ; but on washing a quantity of the material, we could find notrace of seeds or other fossils. We found, however, that the blackcolour was due to abundance of small fragments of charcoal, mixedwith small splinters of carbonized bone, and fragments of burnt
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  • bookyear:1845
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  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Geological_Society_of_London
  • booksubject:Geology
  • bookpublisher:London__etc__
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Institution_Libraries
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  • bookleafnumber:281
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