Field Notebook: 1985
Page 106
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11 18.2m 524.8 Poorly exposed shaley dk. brownish gray mudstone w/ thin lenses of flaggy brownish ss 12 272.8m 797.6 Siltstone; rusty weathering very dk gray ; flaggy; carbonaceous; CA to vfg ss at 45 m ; < , Paraul. lam silly at 48 m. unit as a whole alternates w small lenses of fine sand and silt - at 182 m CA to clean vfg A ss w/ load cuot3 forms shoulda - at 212 m massive, cliff-forming A ss , parallel lam ; at 160m b form a 10 m band ; plant frag. lt gray vfg arenite ; cliff-form - interference ripples at 257 m - shoulder forming ss, vfg, interference opp. loud CAO3; sanka upto 30 cm 13 18.2m 815.8 Partially covered gray shale unit becoming fluggy silt at 8m Pollen 8540a 14 7.9 m 823.7 lt-yellow-brown med sand flaggy for basal 4 m massive for top 3 m great drag marks ; A palloccurrent from drag to NW cliff-forming - orthoquartz 15 10.6m 834.3 dk gray shale for 5 m CA to NRBO vfg ss + shale in 1-2cm beds ; gutter forms 16 15.2m 849.5 yellow-brown ss; 10-40 cm parallel beds ; A , irregular marks; forms shoulda 17 45.5m 895 Partially covered swale-forming dk gray shale 18 18.2m 913.2 vfg dirty ss ; A ; load casts flat lam ; carbonaceous lam. parallel bounded 20-30cm units interference A NRBO w/ carb units on 1 m spine forming ss 19 45.5m 958.7 Flaggy, med gray silt to vfg ss weathering to yellow-brown ; becomes massive w/ 5 m silting; dk shale between 20m - 30m