. The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London. y where the upper beds occur in situ. I took my line of measurements from the seam of nodules of sul-phuret of iron, the base of the Gault, which is found about 4 feetabove a hard seam of sandstone, the zone of Ammonites top of the Upper Neocomian, the intervening four feet consistingof light sands. From the sulphuret-of-iron band up to the base of the Upper Green-sand I found to be 99 feet 4 inches. The Gault is divided into two groups or divisions, i. e. the Upperand Lower Gault, separated by a passage-bed; and thes
. The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London. y where the upper beds occur in situ. I took my line of measurements from the seam of nodules of sul-phuret of iron, the base of the Gault, which is found about 4 feetabove a hard seam of sandstone, the zone of Ammonites top of the Upper Neocomian, the intervening four feet consistingof light sands. From the sulphuret-of-iron band up to the base of the Upper Green-sand I found to be 99 feet 4 inches. The Gault is divided into two groups or divisions, i. e. the Upperand Lower Gault, separated by a passage-bed; and these divisions maybe again subdivided into ten well-defined zones, seven being belowand three above the nodule- or passage-bed, as shown in the follow-ing diagram section (fig. 1, p. 344). * Trans. Geol. Soc. vol. iv. part 2, 2nd series. t A brig of this name was wrecked here, which gives the local name Pelter to this part of the bay. 2b2 344 V. G. H. PRICE ON THE GATJLT OF FOLKESTONE. Fig. 1.—Diagram Sectioyi of the Oault at Copt Point. —Upper 11. Am. rostratus, iO. Kingena lima 9. Am. varicosus.
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