The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London . Small cavity near limekiln, half a mile east of Ilfracombe, showing contortedbeds traversed by slaty cleavage. Fig. Small Anticlinal ridge in Rapparee Cove, near Ilfracombe. This little ridge of grit had a steep face to the north, on which was a well-developed ripple or current-mark. As this could have been formed only 1866.] JUKES OLD RED SANDSTONE AND DETONIAN. 857 on the upper surface of the bed, I saw at once that the little ridge was the top of asharp anticlinal fold, of which no trace appeared in the cliif of slate above it
The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London . Small cavity near limekiln, half a mile east of Ilfracombe, showing contortedbeds traversed by slaty cleavage. Fig. Small Anticlinal ridge in Rapparee Cove, near Ilfracombe. This little ridge of grit had a steep face to the north, on which was a well-developed ripple or current-mark. As this could have been formed only 1866.] JUKES OLD RED SANDSTONE AND DETONIAN. 857 on the upper surface of the bed, I saw at once that the little ridge was the top of asharp anticlinal fold, of which no trace appeared in the cliif of slate above was this the only one, for some other crumpled grits showed themselvesa little farther south, on the floor of the cove. These undulations greatly reduced the thickness, which the appearance of thetwo grit-bands on the western cliff, dipping steadily south, and so far apart fromeach other, would have led me at first to assign to the rocks shown in the was this all, for on looking more attentively I found that the two grit-bands,which seemed to strike so steadily towards the east in the western cliff, did notappear in the eastern cliff of the cove at all, bu
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