. Acadian geology [microform] : the geological structure, organic remains and mineral resources of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Geology; Paleontology; Geology; Geology; Geologie; Paléontologie; Géologie; Géologie. TRIA3 OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, 117 ANTS— long the srywlicre [ soft red f Red of the rock us iTiiitter limestone, ho island ver, large icds to be This is lit I have [oath aide, ilikc some ;ontaiuing dcst beds [ndcrlying 'he dctcr- [ling data ire give a lOrwell or liarlotte- Idulations series of liot hard, the softer through I we enter the by-road to Orwell or G
. Acadian geology [microform] : the geological structure, organic remains and mineral resources of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Geology; Paleontology; Geology; Geology; Geologie; Paléontologie; Géologie; Géologie. TRIA3 OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, 117 ANTS— long the srywlicre [ soft red f Red of the rock us iTiiitter limestone, ho island ver, large icds to be This is lit I have [oath aide, ilikc some ;ontaiuing dcst beds [ndcrlying 'he dctcr- [ling data ire give a lOrwell or liarlotte- Idulations series of liot hard, the softer through I we enter the by-road to Orwell or Gallows Point, when the soil loses its bright reil colour, and assumes a grayish tint, and more argillaceous com- position, indicating to the geological traveller a change in tlic com- position of the rocks beneath. Un reaching the extremity of the Cape, a good section of a considerable variety of rocks may be seen. Their dip is to tlie E. S. E. by compass (variation about 19 deg, W.), at an angle of oidy G degrees; consequently in proceeding along the shore to the westward, lower and older rocks appear cropping out from beneath those which overlie them. Commencing witli those wliieli are higlicr in order, red and brown sandstones, of soft and rather coarse texture, occupy a consiilerablo portion of the shore, projecting in low reefs into the sea, and rising to tlio height of a few yards in a water-worn clitf. I5cucath these appear harder gray sandstones, containing gray and brown impure limestone, in bods a few inches in thickness. One of tlieso beds contains a number of fragments of fossil i)], in a very imperi'ect state of preservation. Beneath tliese strata is a bed of sandstone, containing small nodules of rod ochre, and in one place the impression of a large fossil tree, whose wood has disappeareil, leaving a mould which has been filled with ochreous clay. Pr()eeeding iu the same direction, wo find beds of considcrablo thickness consisting of gray and brown clay,
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