Field Notebook: 1982a
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8211 contd. 2,1-2,2) 2,11 CLAY, massive carb 10YR 5/2 2,15 Lignite blocky [illegible], dark black. top 1 cm brown y Gypsiferous 2,2-2,3) 2,23 MASSIVE CLAY w Vert & hor. roots 10YR 6/2/ 2,3-2,4 2,4-2,5) 2,42 Siltst abt 1 inch thick body 2,46 Shale dark Shale [illegible] w plant frags 2,5-2,6) 5YR 4/1 Carbonaceous w limonite staining Bedded, w plant frags. Becomes papery above 2,6? 2,6-2,7) 2,7-2,8) 2,74 Chippy silty shale w poor leaf frags at 2,83 5GY 4/1 2,8-2,9) Gypsiferous 2,8.7 Becomes platex w leaf frags. 2,9-3,0) 2,95 X-laminated stst as b-clay w roots int penetrating vertically