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Lietanum, Ohio
September 22-1913
Again had the use of Hubij's automobile
for the day. Set to Lietanum at 9.30 A.M.
after a 26 mile drive. Came here to see
the contact between the Saint-Autumn and
Grunheim formation.
At the north end of the village of Lietanum
is Reservoir Creek and it is along this stream
that the following observations were made.
Did not succeed to positively locate the
contact zone as no limestone seen was of a
sandy nature as at West Chestnut. This is evidence
rather for continuity of deposition than change.
In going up the Reservoir creek I saw
about 5 feet of thin li. grit shale below
the Petrosquaria produsca beds. Then these li.
beds of 2 feet thick in which I saw our
P. lynx. Then the Platystrophia lynx
beds of same shale than li, with a thickness
of 5 feet. This zone is wonderfully rich in
this deed, 99% of single valves and many