Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . 3xe . ~b ? Con<$Iomerases &£azidstoTi<ss. t C 3b ZLTyftSi-ovm- ~beuJ.£ ; ~b. Cff&\r Mswlsj C U~n.( To ill-ustrsde, Tafier Iff ^ III.—GEOLOGY. Art. XXXI.—On some Railway Cuttings in the Weka Pass. By Professor F. W. Hutton, \Read before the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 5th May, 1887.] Plate XIV. In the construction of the railway through Weka Pass, severalexcellent sections have been made in the younger beds betweenWaipara and the railway viaduct over Weka Creek. These Iexamined on the
Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . 3xe . ~b ? Con<$Iomerases &£azidstoTi<ss. t C 3b ZLTyftSi-ovm- ~beuJ.£ ; ~b. Cff&\r Mswlsj C U~n.( To ill-ustrsde, Tafier Iff ^ III.—GEOLOGY. Art. XXXI.—On some Railway Cuttings in the Weka Pass. By Professor F. W. Hutton, \Read before the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 5th May, 1887.] Plate XIV. In the construction of the railway through Weka Pass, severalexcellent sections have been made in the younger beds betweenWaipara and the railway viaduct over Weka Creek. These Iexamined on the 18th of November last, and the observationsI made are, I tbink, of sufficient interest for publication. Rocks exposed. 5. After leaving the river gravels of the Waipara the firstcuttings on entering the pass show a series of horizontal beds ofsilt and fine gravel; but without any fossils that I could see. 4. A little beyond the 42nd mile-stone from Christchurch wecome to a series of marine sandstones and fossiliferous con-glomerates, dipping 12° by E. The junction between thesebeds and the h
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