Field Notebook: 1985
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39 Wall Sand 40 Splay mem 65 40 60.6m 1646.3: dk gray-brown shale swale-former, brownish smooth slope on east side of creek 41 52.1m 1698.4 Unit of alternating - lenticular channel sands with epism units, parallel laminae. ripple, carbon trash - coals up to 2m - laminated mudstones - splay like sandstone basal ss is 3-5 m thick 42 42.3m 1740.7 - as unit 41, basal sand is about 15m, then interbeds of sand shale coal coal near top is 1 m Change from tape to Jacob Staff: dip is 82°S 43 28m 1768.7 dk gray shale, covered in swale (dip 80-64°S = ? = 72°S) 44 26 m 1794.7 shale becomes exposed in cut bank; interbeds of coal (minor) and mudstone C ↑ W sand POLLEN 8540L 1979 Megafossil locality rooted / Avehkheites affinis 45 28m 1822.7 grungy ss unit, slumpy and covered; generally reddish stains ss 2-3 m thick with undetermined interbeds 46 76 m 1898.7 grungy ss and carb rich mudstone interbeds; irregular bedding good exposure starts at 16m well exposed on west side of creek ↓ interbedded coals (to ½ m) dark shales and thin rare sandstones. dip 40°S at 24m 1 m sand at 30 m 3m lentic sand at 46 m dip 35°S at 64m 3m lentic sand at 65 m trough v-beds, convolute pollen 8540 m at 72 end of base of ss 47 10m 1908.7 lenticular yellow-brown med-sand channel varies from 4-10 m carbon mush at base