Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12684585315).jpg 418 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY June 16 <br> lowest of these is a mass of red clay very hard and tenacious and <br> containing large rounded boulders often grooved and striated This <br> bed thus corresponds with the great Drift or Boulder Clay deposit in <br> other parts of Scotland On it rest thick shingle-banks composed <br> of layers of sand gravel and well-rounded stones of various sizes <br> On these stones no grooves or striae were seen but they closely re- <br> semble the waterworn stones on the shore of the sea The boulder <br> clay in some places rises into low hills ; the shingle-deposits rather <br> form banks or terraces of which three or four at different elevations <br> may occasionally be traced In the hollows between these hills and <br> banks large deposits of peat associated with fine clays and sands <br> have been formed Sections of the upper portions of these forma- <br> tions are often well exposed in the banks of the stream that drains <br> this valley <br> Fig 3 ” Section in the Moss neai' Backs <br> inches <br> « Soil 12 to 14 <br> 6 Brownish-red clay 12 <br> c Deep red ferruginous clay 12 <br> inches <br> d White clay 8 to 10 <br> e Peat with trees 10 ” 20 <br> / Red clay 24 ” 36 <br> Fig 3 is one of these sections presenting some curious peculiari- <br> ties The lowest bed /is a red clay but different in character from <br> the inferior boulder clay Only from 2 to 3 feet thickness of this <br> was seen but the bed is probably deeper On it follows a bed of <br> peat with numerous roots and branches of trees In some places the <br> roots seemed to have sunk into the red clay and there the peat was <br> also deeper On this followed a bed of white clay in one place <br> entirely cutting off the peat as shown in the section Above this <br> was 1 2 inches of deep red ferruginous clay then as much of brownish <br> red clay and the whole covered by about 12 or 14 inches of soil <br> The two following sections figs 4 5 of which the details are <br> subjoined will show the variations to which these deposits are liable <br> though some of the beds as the peat-bed marked e with d c and b <br> seem very constant over a considerable extent of surface The wood 35461494 109911 51125 Page 418 Text v 8 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/35461494 1852 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 8 1852 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 35461494 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/35461494 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-21 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12684585315 2015-08-26 20 59 36 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1852 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |