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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (13365718154).jpg 324 <br> PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Feb 27 <br> I had no opportunity of ascertaining the relative position of this <br> formation and the volcanic grit of Kakaunui the latter on the coast <br> is exposed to the height of eight or ten feet and dips to the south at <br> a considerable angle ; it contains a great variety of crystalline volcanic <br> products as hornblende augite garnets c It is covered uncon- <br> formably by the usual diluvial beds of gravel and clay as in the an- <br> nexed sketch <br> Fig 3 ” Section of the Coast at Kakaunui <br> Clay without organic remains <br> Diluvial gravel consisting chiefly of quartz trap <br> amygdaloids c <br> A mile south of Kakaunui strata of a tertiary blue clay first ap- <br> pear ; they contain numerous shells of species that inhabit the neigh- <br> bouring sea corals a few traces of fishes and small portions of wood <br> In some localities the clay is capped by a thin layer of sandstone <br> The following section of the coast will show the relative position <br> of this tertiary clay <br> Section of the Coast near Kakaunui Point <br> 1 Diluvial clay 2 Gravel <br> 3 Indurated sandstone with shells <br> 4 Blue clay with shells- <br> 5 Volcanic grit at Kakaunui Point <br> Midway between the Bluff and Moeraki the clay contains layers <br> of septaria varying from one to five feet and more in diameter Hun- <br> dreds of these nodules which had been washed out of the undermined <br> clay chffs by the encroachment of the sea were scattered along the <br> beach as represented in the sketch fig 5 Some were subglobular <br> Fig 5 ” Onekakara Bay looking northwards <br> 1 Diluvial clay <br> 2 Gravel <br> 3 Tertiarv clav <br> 4 A group of Septarian boulders called <br> bv the whalers the Ninepins ' <br> 5 The White Bluflf 36934185 113689 51125 Page 324 Text v 6 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36934185 1850 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 6 1850 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36934185 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36934185 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 N02/13365718154 2015-08-26 11 59 11 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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