Field Notebook: Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia 1910
Page 101
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Transcription
"the Higher laminations sets in more and more and the shell takes on a streaked yellowish cast. This zone is partlly 9 feet thick. The 6 to 8 inch flack shale layer followed by 0-4 inches with Lepidodictis acta, Another contact. Here there is a slighty irregular contact with the done shaled and some slightly bedded and an iron rust contact. Then follows the Creymans with pebbles of the done colored layers belus and Lepidodua galata Lincinulus mutabilis, A. reticularis, L. thomboidalis. In the Lower Shetland shales are seen Spirifer crancuseni, Favosites praecelens, small cup coral (many septas), and 2 species of the Marllius genus, founds seen at Marlins. Undoubtedly the origin of the Upper Marlins at Marlins. On the road just north of the Slog Hole Opening one sees the following section Creymans contact Then the succession as before down to base of Shetland shales bed. Lepidodictis and thick bedded done colored beds nodular shale 9 a 10 feet. Streaky grey bands. Streaky ledded nodular grey li. Fine grained limest, about 4 feet done colored and nodular beds 0-3 half armed aids Shetland shales 6'6" Heavy broken at the bottom Hue: grey rock 4 feet down. 44" Mile.