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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (13889178089).jpg 264 <br> T M READE ON A DELTA IN HINIATUEE <br> filled to considerabl above the level of the crown of the arch of the <br> culvert fig 2 with a hea utifully stratified deposit of peaty matter <br> Fig 2 ” Section in line C-D of Jig 1 <br> ORIGINAL 5URF <br> A B Deltaic deposits <br> C Culvert <br> gritty sand gravel shingle and boulders as shown in the section <br> below fig 3 <br> Fig 3 ” Enlarged Section at E on Plan Jig 1 <br> Interlamiuations of <br> peaty matter and' <br> yellow sand <br> Yellow gritty sand J <br> and pebbles of <br> grit – <br> Sand and peaty mat- <br> ter <br> - <br> Deposit unbottomed <br> The layers of peaty matter and sand were generally from inch <br> to 1 inch in thickness one bed of gritty yellow sand being 9 inches <br> thick <br> This section was exposed by the excavations then going on to <br> remove the deposit advantage having been taken of the exception- <br> ally dry weather and the lowness of the water in the reservoir <br> Part of the sand was being riddled with the object of using it in <br> the filter-beds About 5 feet thick had been removed off the whole <br> area there being still 8 feet in thickness at the mouth of the culvert <br> After consultation with the man in charge I averaged the thick- <br> ness over the entire area of 2508 yards at 2 yards The bed of the <br> Rake Brook had cut a devious course through this delta for such <br> it was and its bed was strewn with boulders of Millstone Grit the <br> largest I measured being 1 foot across On the north side of the road <br> and in the open reservoir marked B on plan was another delta <br> formed by the matter washed through the culvert Five feet thick <br> of this had been removed from the front of the culvert It consisted <br> principally of fine sand with a small proportion of peaty matter <br> mixed with it There was still 10 feet deep of deposit immediately 36941053 113697 51125 Page 264 Text 40 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36941053 1884 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 40 1884 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36941053 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36941053 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 N02/13889178089 2015-08-26 05 57 00 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1884 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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