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The Hamerell or Helderbygian section teaches two
important things: first the general sandy nature of the
entire shelf points to a proximity of the coast, and
one Helderbygian barrier must lay not far to the west
of Great Stone Reef. Further since the Shelf, barrier
and the other eastern barriers were in existence prior to
the post Coal movements these came then further accen-
tuated and but the eastern margin of the coal field was
effected because it lay over the shelf, barrier and
this accounts why the pre-Coal beds are more crumpled than the newly hinged
as far east as the Appalachian Valley barriers.
Seemly the presence of true Middle Germanic
coals in the higher New Scott land. I was much sur-
priest to find them and at first thought they must be
from the Middle Germanic. There is however not the
dislikest doubt of their age being either New Scotland
or just above.
The section seen today is not complete over
Lelms. The lower beds remind of the Mountainpore
at the top corner of the shale and all of the Cretaceous is fine.
Section. A late Devon Cretaceous is yet to be found.