Field Notebook: 1972a
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Stratigraphic Section 72-5 Red (Clay) Point -3+ ft -3+ ft below mht level - fossil plants as described in silty clay w/ silt interbeds 2+ ft above mht OL MHT +2' Clay grades up into laminated silt w/ carbon trash. & frags sapin tree siltstone +31/2'silty-clay, clayey silt mottled green (gray) w/ ochre-red; yellow & joint fillings 55'downstream - gray clay becomes silty up contact w/ mtld found MHT+9-8 ft Doule pollen sample - 3ft. (?) MHT 5.5' Lateral offset - Charcoal Bed. 76s 1L Mottled as 31/2' Clay from 31/2'shows signs of internal movement- no bedding w/ some zones of silty-clay mainly clayey silt 2L Same as 31/2' 3L Same " " 4L Same " " 5L same 6L very silty clay w/ change beginning at 5L +2' red ochrous clay-maroon Fe stained. silty day thick pad in upper portion of described member