MAKE A MEME View Large Image The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (13365642083).jpg 1850 <br> CUNNINGTON LOWER GREENSAND AT SEEND <br> 453 <br> additional information from the same gentleman who forwarded me <br> the marl in the first instance <br> ...
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Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (13365642083).jpg 1850 <br> CUNNINGTON LOWER GREENSAND AT SEEND <br> 453 <br> additional information from the same gentleman who forwarded me <br> the marl in the first instance <br> The upper peat averages about twelve inches in thickness The <br> white marl runs about fifteen inches thick ; but in some places it is <br> nearly five feet thick The black peat under the marl varies from <br> three to seven feet in thickness ; and under it is said to lie a blue soft <br> clay This formation extends about two miles on the west and 1 <br> mile on the east of the railway and for about seven miles in length <br> June 19 1850 <br> The following communications were read ” <br> I On a Section of the Lower Greensand at Seend near <br> Devizes By William Cunnington Esq <br> Communicated by Joseph Prestwich jun Esq F G S <br> Having during the past winter made some observations on the sec- <br> tions exposed in the cutting of the road at Seend near Devizes I <br> now send you the result I feel it important that this information <br> should be recorded or it will be altogether lost ; the section having <br> already been for some time covered up <br> The cutting was not more than twelve feet deep It exhibited the <br> Lower Greensand reposing unconformably on Kimmeridge clay The <br> following is a detail of the stratification ” <br> 1 Kimmeridge clay having at the top masses of imperfect limestone <br> or septaria bored by the Lithodomus shells of the lower green- <br> sand; the shells themselves being preserved in situ and the <br> holes filled up with the ferruginous sand <br> 2 Masses of imperfect gravelly sandstone and sand not very ferru- <br> ginous containing pebbles of quartz c and numerous fossils <br> 3 Dark green and brown sands <br> 4 Iron sandstone with fossils <br> 5 Yellowish sand <br> 6 Iron sandstone <br> 7 Sands c <br> The whole surmounted with a patch of yellow brashy clay of a few <br> acres in extent <br> Section from Seend to Devizes <br> E <br> Devizes <br> Kimmeridge clay <br> Lower greensand exposed in the cutting <br> of the road at Seend <br> c Lower greensand <br> d Gault 80 feet <br> e Upper greensand 90 feet 36934324 113689 51125 Page 453 Text v 6 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36934324 1850 Geological Society of London NameFound Lithodomus NameConfirmed Lithodomus EOLID 2989808 NameBankID 4223669 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 6 1850 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36934324 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36934324 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-03-23 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/13365642083 2015-08-26 10 54 40 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1850 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script
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