Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12736501865).jpg 844 <br> T BELT ON THE STEPPES OF SOUTHERN RUSSIA <br> Fig 1 � Section mile W of Mole Taganrog Scale 50 ft to <br> 1 inch <br> Black Earth p <br> f <br> Diluvium <br> Fluviatile beds <br> Bai'matic or <br> beds <br> s <br> i g <br> 4 feet Black 6oil <br> 40 feet Yellowish brown rather Bandy unstratifleci <br> clay with vertical joints and calcareous concretions <br> 10 feet Sand with seams of reddish clay irregularly <br> stratified and very variable in thickness <br> 30 feet Stiff bluish-brown clay jointed vertically <br> unstratified excepting near the base where it be- <br> comes sandy and merges into the fluviatile beds <br> 14 feet Stratified Bands and sandy silt with much <br> false stratification Freshwater shells abundant <br> 10 feet Shell limestone <br> Sea-level <br> Fig 2 � Section 2 miles N W of Mole Taganrog Scale 50 ft <br> to 1 inch <br> Black earth <br> Diluvium <br> W <br> Fluviatile beds '- ~ T <br> Sarmatic orPassage- ' �� ; j r -rp <br> beds <br> 5 feet Black soil <br> SO feet Stiff yellowish-brown clay unstratified and <br> only slightly calcareous Used for brick-making <br> 10 feet Sand with some seams of clay <br> 40 feet Stiff dark-coloured unstratified clay gradua- <br> ting downwards into a very calcareous brown clay <br> and at the base slightly sandy and a little strati <br> fled Freshwater shells in lower part <br> 15 feet Alternations of sand and silt the sand often <br> false-bedded Pebbles at base Freshwater shells <br> throughout <br> 10 feet Shell limestone <br> Sea-level <br> Fluviatile Beds � Besting on the denuded upper surface of the <br> limestones is a series of stratified sands and silts The lowest bed <br> is partly formed of broken pieces of the underlying limestone and <br> also contains pebbles of quartz flint and sandstone amongst which <br> are rolled shells of Paludina and Cyclas Above this are strata of 35819033 110705 51125 Page 844 Text 33 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/35819033 1877 Geological Society of London NameFound Cyclas NameConfirmed Cyclas EOLID 13750058 NameBankID 4131942 NameFound Diluvium NameFound Paludina NameConfirmed Paludina EOLID 13750342 NameBankID 4274573 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 33 1877 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 35819033 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/35819033 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-24 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12736501865 2015-08-26 19 51 20 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1877 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |