The geology of Ascutney Mountain, Vermont . (^). (B) HE MERIDEN GRAVUfiE CO. DALY.] GNEISSIC SEEIES. 17 There is uo better summary of the writers views, obtained from buta limited stvidy of the series in the vicinity of Ascutney ville, than thatalready given by Edward Hitchcock: We have noticed no caseswhere the stratification and schistose structure did not essentiallycoincide, though often one or the other was obscure, ver}^ probablybecause there was a discordance of this kind, which careful studymight have traced out.^ Westward across the strike on the north side of the mountain thedip of t
The geology of Ascutney Mountain, Vermont . (^). (B) HE MERIDEN GRAVUfiE CO. DALY.] GNEISSIC SEEIES. 17 There is uo better summary of the writers views, obtained from buta limited stvidy of the series in the vicinity of Ascutney ville, than thatalready given by Edward Hitchcock: We have noticed no caseswhere the stratification and schistose structure did not essentiallycoincide, though often one or the other was obscure, ver}^ probablybecause there was a discordance of this kind, which careful studymight have traced out.^ Westward across the strike on the north side of the mountain thedip of the phyllite is seen to steepen until the bedding shows an incli-nation of 75° or more to the east. These high dips occur about in themeridian passing through a point a half mile east of Brownsville,where, in places, the dip is even vertical. The strike ranges fromN. 10° E. to ]Sr. 23° W., but is rarelj^ far from its average trend, whichis due north and south. The cross section on the south side of themountain indicates a variation in the str
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