Field Notebook: England 1974
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9-18-74. Stop VI - 5. Rhynelas kate. (Rin- las). Widespread Caradoc fauna found at Gaspé (or Willington pt.); Fenerinurid unit of Estonia, Maine etc. = middle Mayville (vague enough). Photog. of R. kate. Not a nodular slate but a shearing, post-depositional phenomenon has resulted in clay compaction; Ca CO3 soln. Compaction, "thickening" of strata vertically Stop VI - 6. Unconformity. Calcareous ashes in Caradocian have by far the most abund. Faunas in this division