Field Notebook: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec 1905
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Cape Gaspe'. along the coast of Cape Brein. From below the section is 1 grey limestones in layers of from 6 to 8 inches thick, which are separated by bands of greenish calcareo-argillaceous shale, gradually increasing in amount towards the upper part. Abounds in fossils. 70 feet. 2. Greenish calcareo-argillaceous shales intricately stratified with red beds. Remains of plants near middle 90 feet. 3. Olive-green calcareo-argillaceous shales, with occasional nodules and layers of compact limestone. Fossils near top. 170 feet. 4. Grey limestones in thin beds, separated by grey calcareous shales of which there