Field Notebook: Greenland 1987b
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Slitensteinfeld (cont.) Coral and coral sh. 6' Has Pinus Cramerii, Shely ss 5' Dirty Coral 2', Coaly sandy sh 5'. X'ted ss 40' Drift 10'? ss 70' cpyl. Joins gulley land just in front of which small placer stops 760 AT' Coral and coral sh 5' Pinus Cramerii in great abundance, at top Thin ss 12' Cone in core sh 5'. Bed of ss 40' heavy cherts sh and coral of flints 2v', White ss 5' Basalt conformably interbedded 8' Sandy sh and cpyl. interbedded 60'. Creamy ss 50' to 100' sandy sh and corals 70', dirty sh to 1100'. Concealed. Coral at 12v'. 1770'- 1875' cpyl, jmf and ss 1900'- 2340 ss, heavy with few coral flints 2340'- 2570 Thin ss, sh and many coral flints 2525' Basalt rests on sed. Conformity apparently. Slitensteinfeld placer descends to 400'a less AT. North Slitensteinfeld towards Ekorf at the basalt is seem's descend cutting right fluing to clean stored sediments. Thus at Dariaskat becomes much lower, finally out on 1000' A.T. See elsewhere for sketch of exposures and structure at Slitensteinfeld.