The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London . [ 4°3 ]. 404 MR. L. RICHARDSON ON THE INFERIOR OOLITE [NOV. I907, 1 but as the eye passes along the face of the quarry to the northward, attentionis at once directed to a bed which conies in almost imperceptibly, between theLimestone beneath and the Oolite overhead, being approximately conformableto the latter. The intervening deposit Is of Rhsetic age. At first, only the lowerbeds of the series are present; but, as the section is followed in anortherly direction, higher and higher beds come in, until, in thelittle quarry by the side
The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London . [ 4°3 ]. 404 MR. L. RICHARDSON ON THE INFERIOR OOLITE [NOV. I907, 1 but as the eye passes along the face of the quarry to the northward, attentionis at once directed to a bed which conies in almost imperceptibly, between theLimestone beneath and the Oolite overhead, being approximately conformableto the latter. The intervening deposit Is of Rhsetic age. At first, only the lowerbeds of the series are present; but, as the section is followed in anortherly direction, higher and higher beds come in, until, in thelittle quarry by the side of the road to the mills, the Inferior Ooliteis seen resting upon the White Lias, the top-bed of which is quiteas much bored by annelids and well-planed as the CarboniferousLimestone of the neighbourhood. Theoretically, if a section weredrawn from Hapsford to Bath, above the White Lias should suc-cessively come in the Lower, Middle, and Upper Lias. In places where the Inferior Oolite rests upon the CarboniferousLimestone, it becomes arenaceous and cherty. De la Be
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