. The earth and its inhabitants ... s. Eotene Hempstead, Bembridge, Osborne, and Headon beds ; Bracklesham and Bagshot beds ; London Clay. f Cretaceous Chalk, Greensand, Gait, Atherfield Clay. I Wealden Series .... Weald Clay, Hastings Sands, Purbeck beds. ,, j Oolitic Series Portland Oolite and Kimmeridge Clay ; Coral Rag and >r i Oxford Clav ; Combrash, Fol-est Marble, Bath Oolite : OR Mksozoic ! ^ « ,, ^, T . r • ,- T I Stonesncld Slate and inferior Ooute. I Lias Clay, Marlstone, Rhsetic beds. iTriassic New Red Marl (Keuper), New Red Sandstone (Bunter). f Permian Magnesian Limestone. Car
. The earth and its inhabitants ... s. Eotene Hempstead, Bembridge, Osborne, and Headon beds ; Bracklesham and Bagshot beds ; London Clay. f Cretaceous Chalk, Greensand, Gait, Atherfield Clay. I Wealden Series .... Weald Clay, Hastings Sands, Purbeck beds. ,, j Oolitic Series Portland Oolite and Kimmeridge Clay ; Coral Rag and >r i Oxford Clav ; Combrash, Fol-est Marble, Bath Oolite : OR Mksozoic ! ^ « ,, ^, T . r • ,- T I Stonesncld Slate and inferior Ooute. I Lias Clay, Marlstone, Rhsetic beds. iTriassic New Red Marl (Keuper), New Red Sandstone (Bunter). f Permian Magnesian Limestone. Carboniferous Coal Measures and Millstone Grit ; Carboniferous Lime-stone and Shales. Old Red Sandstone and i Devonian Sandstones, Slate, Limestones, Shales, Marls, and Con-glomerate. Silurian .... Arenig Slates, Bala or Caradoc beds, Ludlow Rocks. Cambrian Grits and Slates of Longmynd and Wales, Tremadoc Slates. •^Laurentian Gneiss. Primary OR PaLcEOZOIC I Î ^ li .1111II i J i I s Ii J =s J ;= ,3 JI ll-s IIJ J -J 3 J 31Ï ? III. GEOLOGY AND SUEFACE FEATUEES. 9 extending northward to Montrose, is occupied by old red sandstone and marl,and by the shales, sandstones, and limestones of the carboniferous series. Massesof igneous rocks rise above its surface and diversify its scenery. By its fertilitythis plain contrasts most strikingly with the Grampians, which, like a wall, bound Fig. 4.—CoTiDAL to Scott Russell. Scale 1 : 10,625,000. o-of P
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