Field Notebook: California, Oregon, Washington, Texas, British Columbia 1926, 1927
Page 92
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Berkely is a most difficult area to unravel. Difficult not because of the faultly and thrusty ad folding, but all the more so because the moments have continued all things Pleisto. Cere time of to now. During this time erasin has cut out much and waste means closed tydller tge thr. Dava basal Pasting layer of congl. repite with broken shells of Ostrea titana. The pottles, ranged up to a fair miles acrom, all well arm ded, ma comm of coarse sand. This layer was harder for fur therst, and the oysters did not oc- cur higher. Among how much try are restricted to the shallower water of the shore. This layer lays disconformably on the Olijrene. Out side of the Pasting shells and of the shores are dark fine to pulvory muddy coarse sandstones repite with mica. Conglomerate layers are common. All is dry shallow water de- position. Set back & hotel at 5 P.M.