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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