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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (13204675073).jpg 94 T M BEADE ON THE DRIFT-BEDS OE THE <br> Pig 9 � Section on side of road northern face of Helsby Hill <br> Surface of road <br> 1 Hard flesh-coloured Keuper sandstone <br> 2 Fine yellow laminated sand with interlaminations of reddish clayey sand <br> very regular and distinct with a slight slope up the hill ; occasional <br> waterworn travelled pebbles occur principally near the top <br> 3 Sand blackened with iron oxide fox-bed <br> 4 Subaerial detritus or talus from the cliffs above witb white sand filling <br> the interstices between the rubble and large irregular blocks which were <br> freely strewn on the slope I could find no shells At several points <br> along this road are to be seen very large granite boulders lying in the <br> sand-drift <br> Pig 10 � Section showing the position of the Stratified Drift in <br> relation o the escarpment of Helsby Hills <br> a b Talus of angular blocks of Eed Sandstone lying upon and covering <br> stratified yellow sand c containing occasional rounded drift-pebbles <br> Keuper marls At one point there is a remarkable basin-shaped <br> sweep from the cliffs on the right bank of the river looking very like <br> the effect of a large landslip afterwards modified by rain There is <br> a remarkable absence of drift in this valley which is worth noting <br> On the plateau on each side drift can be found About Aston <br> there is generally sand covered with sandy clay and then with <br> yellow sand and near Aston Grange the Boulder-clay is to be seen <br> in the farmyard Erratic boulders are also to be met with <br> Stockport � la April 1874 I examined and drew a section fig 11 <br> of the drift disclosed in the London and North-Western Kailway <br> Company's ballast-pit at Stockport At the base was very light yellow <br> sand 1 in all sorts of curved contortions looking at a distance like 36928675 113681 51125 Page 94 Text 39 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36928675 1883 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 39 1883 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36928675 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36928675 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-03-16 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/13204675073 2015-08-26 13 50 30 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1883 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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