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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12711550593).jpg 102 <br> PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DeC 13 <br> flint- and chalk-rubble and brick-earth This drift is in greater <br> part of local origin and is very irregular in its structure and distri- <br> bution ; one material predominating at one spot and another taking <br> its place close by Flint-rubble and sandy clays preponderate usually <br> in the lower parts of the valleys chalk-rubble being more common <br> on the hill- slopes whilst the brick-earth is irregularly and only occa- <br> sionally patched on the base of the hills alternating with and re- <br> placing the flint- and chalk-rubble <br> Three of these small valleys are confluent at Salisbury It is on <br> the north-eastern side of the one through which the Willey flows <br> that one of the best exhibitions of the Drift is obtained The <br> following section shows the prevailing relation and structure of this <br> deposit which here rises about 30 to 40 feet above the level of the <br> Willey <br> Fig <br> General Section of the side of the Valley of the Willey at <br> FishertoYiy Salisbury <br> Q <br> 3 <br> 22 <br> a Gravel and Brick-earth <br> The railway-cuttings between Salisbury and Wilton expose some <br> good continuous sections whilst several brick-fields give a few deeper <br> excavations In a cutting adjoining Wilton large subangular gravel <br> chalk-rubble and coarse rubbly brick- earth alternate and pass laterally <br> one into the other The following section of a portion of this cutting <br> will serve to show the general character of the drift at this place It <br> varies however every few yards <br> Fig 2 ” Section in the Railway Cutting E N E of Wilton <br> a Brown earth and flints ; 2 to 3 feet <br> b Coarse gravel consisting chiefly of suh- <br> angular flints with pieces of chert <br> ironstone sandstone and some flint- <br> pebbles in brown clay more or less <br> sandy ; 5 feet <br> c Chalk-rubble upper portion waved; <br> passing laterally into b a few Suc- <br> cinecB and Helices are found in this <br> rubble ; 7 feet C Chalk <br> The line of division is too strong in the woodcut <br> It is rarely that this deposit reaches a greater height above the base of the <br> valleys in which it is found 35614672 110213 51125 Page 102 Text v 11 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/35614672 1855 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 11 1855 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 35614672 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/35614672 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-23 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12711550593 2015-08-26 20 59 27 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1855 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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