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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (14096419983).jpg X02 <br> T MELLARD EEADE ON THE <br> 14 The Drift-deposits of CoLwrN Bat By T Mellard Reade <br> Esq C E P G S Eead January 14 1885 <br> In a former paper I gave a short sketch of the drift disclosed in <br> the baliast-pit at Colwyn-Bay station ;' and as in Pebruary of 1884 <br> I had an opportunity of extending my observations over a larger <br> area I now propose to give an account of them <br> From Colwyn Head to Ehos Point is a distance of about three <br> miles; and all along the shore except where obscured by the Colwyn- <br> Bay parade or grassed over by the railway company are to be seen <br> in cliffs excellent sections of the drift <br> This drift extending backward to the foot of the hills which <br> sweep in a curve from headland to headland rests nearly wholly on <br> the Silurian rocks representatives of the Wenlock Shale <br> Colwyn Head or Penmaen Cliffs and Bhos Point are denuded <br> remnants of the Carboniferous Limestone and near to each of these <br> headlands the drift is seen to rest directly on the limestone there <br> being no exposure of the underlying Silurians anywhere to be seen <br> in Colwyn Bay <br> Pig 1 ” Section just beyond the Cottage west of the Colwyn-Bay Hotel <br> 1 Grey Till packed fiill of stones partly Silurian Slate and Grits and Carbo- <br> niferous Limestone <br> 2 Cream-coloured Till 3 Sand 4 Brown Boulder-clay 5 Soil <br> The surface of the drift is remarkably level excepting where it <br> gradually creeps up the hills Most of the houses in Colwyn Bay <br> are built upon it It is crescent-shaped on plan thinning out to- <br> Drift of N W of England and N Wales part ii Quart Journ Geol So8 <br> vol xxxix p 111 37046944 114009 51125 Page 102 Text 41 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/37046944 1885 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 41 1885 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 37046944 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/37046944 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-04-30 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/14096419983 2015-08-26 04 52 04 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1885 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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