. Delineations of the north western division of the county of Somerset. Natural history; Caves. [from old catalog]. APPENDIX A. GEOLOGICAL SKETCH,* ILLUSTRATED WITH A MAP COLOURED GEOLOG IC ALL V. General Features of the District. — Series of Stratified Rocks within the District.—First Series of Rocks. Old Red Sandstone, Carboniferous or Mountain Limestone. Mendip Mines in the Carboniferous Limestone. Caverns in ditto.—Coal Measures. Millstone Grit. Lower Coal Shale. Pennant Grit. Upper Coal Shale. Collieries. Sections of the Coal Measures.— Second Series of Rocks. New Red Sandstone formation.
. Delineations of the north western division of the county of Somerset. Natural history; Caves. [from old catalog]. APPENDIX A. GEOLOGICAL SKETCH,* ILLUSTRATED WITH A MAP COLOURED GEOLOG IC ALL V. General Features of the District. — Series of Stratified Rocks within the District.—First Series of Rocks. Old Red Sandstone, Carboniferous or Mountain Limestone. Mendip Mines in the Carboniferous Limestone. Caverns in ditto.—Coal Measures. Millstone Grit. Lower Coal Shale. Pennant Grit. Upper Coal Shale. Collieries. Sections of the Coal Measures.— Second Series of Rocks. New Red Sandstone formation. Mag- nesian Limestone. Red Sandstone. Red and Variegated Marl. Lias. Inferior Oolite. Diluvial Deposits. Alluvial Deposits. Deposits of Tufa, GENERAL FEATURES OF THE DISTRICT. The north-western district of Somersetshire may be said to be principally included within the following- boundaries : viz. the river Avon on the north, the turnpike road from * This sketch has been chiefly extracted from Buckland's and Conybeare's " Observations on the south-western coal district of England," and Weaver's u Geological Observations on part of Gloucestershire and Somersetshire," printed in the Transactions of the Geological Society. Reference has also been made to Phillips' and Conybeare's " Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales," Ure's " New System of Geology," Townsend's *' Character of Moses Established," and Pinkerton's " Treatise on ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Rutter, John, 1796-1851. London, Longman, Rees, and co. [etc. ]
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