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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12895288584).jpg 132 <br> PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Jan 20 <br> side of the valley the drift ascends in <br> terraces up to the flanks of the New Red <br> Sandstone and Permian hills which ulti- <br> mately bound it on each side <br> In addition to the drift in the imme- <br> diate neighbourhood of the river nume- <br> rous outlying patches occur on the high <br> ground as at Ryden Hill in the parish <br> of Benthall and near the Hill Top <br> Benthall Broseley Churchyard Posen- <br> hall near the Deerleap and Willey and <br> near Much Wenlock on the west side of <br> the Severn ; also in several localities on <br> the east side at altitudes of from 300 to <br> 600 feet above the Severn and from 400 <br> to 700 feet above the sea Mr C J <br> Cooper Secretary of the Severn -Valley <br> Field-Club to whom I am indebted for <br> much information relating to the Bridg- <br> north gravels has also pointed out to me <br> a patch of drift at Burton 3 - miles to <br> the west of Much Wenlock and 800 feet <br> above the sea-level To this I shall pre- <br> sently more particularly refer <br> The principal mass of drift occurs at <br> Stre thill a rounded hill rising close to <br> the north of the entrance of Coalbrook <br> Dale to an altitude of about 200 feet <br> above the River Severn and 300 feet <br> above the sea The section of its upper <br> portion has for several years been ex- <br> posed in a gravel-pit on its north-east <br> side and the Coalbrook Dale Junction <br> Railway has recently exposed a further <br> section through its centre which toge- <br> ther with some less important sections <br> on the west side of the river afford the <br> unusual opportunity of examining 200 <br> feet of consecutive drift- strata The <br> sections across the valley of the Severn <br> will explain the relative position of the <br> several masses of drift and their relation <br> in position to older formations <br> The base and summit of Strethill con- <br> sist of clear water-worn sands and <br> gravels separated b3 a bed of gravelly <br> clay ; the first 60 feet above the river <br> consists of thick beds of remarkably clean <br> sea-sand interstratified with water- worn <br> pebble-beds which are exposed for a <br> « – <br> r; <br> c3 <br> <br> r <br> o <br> « <br> 20 -S <br> r <br> » _ <br> 5Q <br> pqO <br> Mi <br> o <br> ¢ fl <br> – s <br> o <br> o <br> © <br> OD <br> £ <br> '-+- <br> o <br> o <br> -t-3 <br> A <br> D as <br> © <br> a os <br> 'A <br> 5 <br> 2 o <br> _2 o <br> 3 <br> Q <br> cj <br> C fl <br> 03 <br> © © <br> O <br> <br> u <br> a <br> 3 <br> a <br> o <br> r-r <br> I <br> u ' <br> an <br> a £ <br> ns – © <br> O o <br> ; <br> o <br> © <br> i <br> 5 <br> © <br> 3 <br> © <br> r4 i « <br> © o © <br> zt-Z © <br> C S3 r; _ <br> coOm <br> ¢ - <br> S 36089373 111261 51125 Page 132 Text v 20 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36089373 1864 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 20 1864 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36089373 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36089373 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-03-03 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12895288584 2015-08-26 16 53 25 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1864 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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