. Elements of geology, or, The ancient changes of the earth and its inhabitants as illustrated by geological monuments. Geology. Freshwater calcareous slate. Dirt-bed and ancient forest. Lowest freshwater beds of the Lower Purbeck. Portland stone, marine. Section in Isle of Fortland, Dorset. (Buckland and De la Beche.) The thin layers of calcareous slate (fig. 378) were evidently de- posited tranquilly, and would have been horizontal but for the pro- trusion of the stumps of the trees, around the top of each of which they form hemispherical concretions. The dirt-bed is by no means confined to
. Elements of geology, or, The ancient changes of the earth and its inhabitants as illustrated by geological monuments. Geology. Freshwater calcareous slate. Dirt-bed and ancient forest. Lowest freshwater beds of the Lower Purbeck. Portland stone, marine. Section in Isle of Fortland, Dorset. (Buckland and De la Beche.) The thin layers of calcareous slate (fig. 378) were evidently de- posited tranquilly, and would have been horizontal but for the pro- trusion of the stumps of the trees, around the top of each of which they form hemispherical concretions. The dirt-bed is by no means confined to the island of Portland, where it has been most carefully studied, but is seen in the same relative position in the cliffs east of Lulworth Cove, in Dorsetshire, Fig. Freshwater calcareous slate. Dirt-bed, with stools of trees. Freshwater. Portland stone, marine. Section in cliff east of Lulworth Cove. (Buckland and De la Beche.) where, as the strata have been disturbed, and are now inclined at an angle of 45°, the stumps of the trees are also inclined at the same * Buckland and De la Beche, Geol. Trans., Second Series, vol. iv. p. 16. Prof. Forbes has ascertained that the subjacent rock is a freshwater limestone, and not a portion of the Portland oolite, as was previously 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 Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875. New York, D. Appleton and co.
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