Field Notebook: Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Ohio, Quebec, Vermont, Wisconsin. 1933, 1934
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Madison, Wis. Oct 1-1933, Sunday. Torchfel took Le Bene, Timm and Johnchers to see the upper part of the Cambrian sequence. Below is the Magomanie greensand. Higher is the Grandsta ss, about 14' thick, followed by the Lrdl thin bedded earthy dol. Its base is made up of a purple zone about 2' thick. Higher follows another marine dol. Then a marled erosional unconformity with deposition of at least 6-8 feet. Then an irregular blue shale 0 - 2' thick, followed by the Orista dol. that weathers out chunk lagers. In there occur the fossils of Loran Ord. age. The Loran Ord. is overlain by the St.Peter ss. that cuts across the entire Orista and lies in planes on the Cambrian. Over to Orista lies the Platterville sandy dol. of the Miss. Ord. Torchfel and others are going to show from that district a complete way or his Cambrian - Orgovian sequence. Stand at T.S home the rest of the day.