Field Notebook: CO 1952b
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AIN-49-08 (Section II) cont. 5.0 Shaly zone, obscured by wash. 2.4 Fine gr to silty, x lam, plant frags brown wether. 2.2 Shaly zone .4 Argill, siltst. 1.0 Clay shale some lb, shly siltst. dk gray. Thin interbedds siltst. .8 Platy siltst. with thin beds fine ss Discont? worn faults & irreg pitted surface. 10.2 Sandstone, fine gr, massive to lody x lam. weather brown. local plant frags.. Silty zone + .5, 3.8 above base, breaks ledge. 3.5 Shaly or silty zone, obscured * 2.0+ Soundstone, massive x 1zm, red-br. weather, fine gr. This appears to be top lody * On ditch path this is partially exposed, is white siltstn, loc. Sndy irreg. bedd, platy, plant frags. 17. Fossils from float. These from upper flubby layers within, and possibly near base of the second Glencairn sh. it below contact with ledge that forms rim of hogback N & s of swale. Found- Inoceramus comancheanus?, Pteris salincensis? Also 3-lobed leaf in whitess from 2nd shale. lense lower pt lst ss? Also in float. AB17 2