. The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London. 5. Light-coloured fossHiferous sih-ceous sands, the lower part very ^ argillaceous {The Thanet Sands.) 0 to 80 Fig. 2.—General section of the strata beneath London. The London Sands, pebbles, and shells ,4. Sands, mottled clays, and peb-ble-beds very irregularly m-terstratified to 150 1 to 3 15 to 45 5 Light-coloured siliceous sands .. 20 to 50{The Thanet Sands.) The Chalk. r2 240 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [Apr. 21, Fig. 3.—Section at the Brick-field, west of Hedgerley, six milesnorth of Windsor. [The Lon
. The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London. 5. Light-coloured fossHiferous sih-ceous sands, the lower part very ^ argillaceous {The Thanet Sands.) 0 to 80 Fig. 2.—General section of the strata beneath London. The London Sands, pebbles, and shells ,4. Sands, mottled clays, and peb-ble-beds very irregularly m-terstratified to 150 1 to 3 15 to 45 5 Light-coloured siliceous sands .. 20 to 50{The Thanet Sands.) The Chalk. r2 240 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [Apr. 21, Fig. 3.—Section at the Brick-field, west of Hedgerley, six milesnorth of Windsor. [The London Clay. Feet.~3. Basement-bed of the London Clay 3 >4. Mottled clay and fire-brick earth 40 }5 ?. Green-coated flints in impure greensand 4 The Chalk. 1. Range and General Physical Characters, From the north-east of Kent, the Thanet Sands range past Can-terbury, Faversham, Sittingbourne, to Chatham, occupying thelower grounds sloping down towards the Swale and the Med way, andoccasionally capping the tops of the chalk hills for a short distanceinland. Crossing the Medway, they form a broader zone by Upnorand Cobham, thence in detached outliers by Gravesend, Swanscombe,and Dartford. Here they stretch further south, spreading over
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