The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London . LimestoneChert CoarseSand Fine andCla yeySand SandstoneLimestone etc(Kentish rag) Sand AtherfieldClay BLECHINGLEY(EAST OF) Hf. 290FT ;»••:-^- 10 F? 122 MR. T. 1EIGHT0N OS THE LOWER [May 1895, have all shown that the Bargate Beds overlie chert-beds in thesouth, and sands in the north, a condition of things which agreeswith what is now claimed to have formerly existed here. In theLeith Hill area the less littoral beds run up, as seen at Coast Hill,to the parallel of the sandy area, to the east and west; there is nodifficulty in accounti
The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London . LimestoneChert CoarseSand Fine andCla yeySand SandstoneLimestone etc(Kentish rag) Sand AtherfieldClay BLECHINGLEY(EAST OF) Hf. 290FT ;»••:-^- 10 F? 122 MR. T. 1EIGHT0N OS THE LOWER [May 1895, have all shown that the Bargate Beds overlie chert-beds in thesouth, and sands in the north, a condition of things which agreeswith what is now claimed to have formerly existed here. In theLeith Hill area the less littoral beds run up, as seen at Coast Hill,to the parallel of the sandy area, to the east and west; there is nodifficulty in accounting for this when the conditions of a marineestuary are considered; it only shows that a deepformerly existedthere. It is impossible now to more than glance at the most importantof the many interesting points brought out by the table appendedto this paper of sections from the country to the east. I havealready pointed out that the Bargate Beds at Abinger are in-separable from the similar bed at the base of the Eolkestones intowhich there is a complete passage The Pebble-beds at thebase of the Folkestones have been traced in this paper throughthe Dorking country to Ile
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