Field Notebook: Florida, Quebec, Vermont. 1929, 1930
Page 111
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Thursday Sep. 4, 1930, continued It is curious to see the Bonaventure W. of Carle- ton standing in edge. Accordingly it should be Devonian comparable to Point St. Peter series. In character it looks to me like true Bonaventure, but in structure it is De- onian. What does appear to be the same strata that are exposed at Gaeta Point, a thick basal conglomerate folled[illegible] by the brick-red sandy “snail-shell” clays or shale. If this is true the Devonian must be next lower, but I saw none on the shore and inland I had no time to explore, although the topography south of Carleton appears to call for upended strata north under rocks since there are drop-infall like ridges on the rising elevated beaches earlier referred to. The Bonaventure cnyl. W. of Carleton and at Gaeta Point has in certain parts a calcite filling just as found in the Pointe Peter series. Has this a correlation value? I do not remember ever seeing it in the true Bonaventure. The Bonaventure cnyl. W. of Carleton is in the high basal strata composed of small pebbles under one inch, but in the older agglutination border beds are commonly from 2"-4", while many range up to 8". There is a great variety of rocks but the light blue or dark malle of mine than 5-10% of the whole, and including the Percé pink and fellows is does not exceed 15%. All are sub-angular.