Field Notebook: Greenland 1987a
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Aug 13-97 Friday. Near Marslet. At 7 A.M. Mr. Whit and I start for the fossil locality one and one half mile east of our camp or about four miles east of Marslet. We gathered two coffee tins full of them, "Fonthill" or dog whelk The beds here or at home are alternating beds of sandstone, shale and coal. The locality is immediately back of the beach and to west lies against the gress. We have a picture of the locality taken on the journey from home. The thickness of the beds as seen here do not exceed forty feet. The plant horizons are near the centre of these beds. Above the lime beds unconformable are loose greenish sand, with marine shells apparently of living species such as Ogyra and Mytilus. These beds were deposited in a slope medium of precipit and some seem to extend up to a level of 150 feet above them appears to be a bench. While collecting at this place a whole boat put in and the pastor of Greenall came ashore to greet us. He is on tour visiting the people in his parish. After a little conversation he asks one of the natives to bring ashore a chest. It is a handsome green chest but is loaded with a few bottles of wine and food, and cheese. The Rev. Pastor then invites us to a drink of Madeira and then out of another bottle he serves two of natives to a