Field Notebook: Newfoundland 1918a
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26 July 8-1918. Monday. Party Potan Port. Quinlan and I A dark day but start out warm and young Mr Cushin to go along the north shore of Bay of St. George out of the Islands. Hope to get as far north today as either Campbells Creek or Afrikamos Cove. Will be fine at least two days and it may be a third day is consumed. Later, went as far as Ship Cove and returned to Port-au-Port. From the eastern end of the Islands around the point southward and descending the heights consist of an alternating series of light colored and dark clay about 60m thick a thin and heavy beds. Banding is decided in the light beds. Crystalline are practically absent. No many flume are seen ripple with the crusts from 2 to 4 inches across. Fucoids are common and every now and then there three [illegible] mill large depressed gastropods. our fite 973. H (= 985 yards at 260). The crust is not, but thick. The crust by stepping turned a foot thick and under lin are of the best oreocutina described on July 6. Then the middle of the crust saw me gone of intraformational conglomerate. The general dip is 20° N. 20° W. overland As one proceed to the south before the crust turns over and we the above series dark colored continue into many headed [illegible] the surfaces of which creates fun crystal and bare large depressed gastropods and general occur if This cephalopod zone is about 20 feet thick, and about 200 foot along the same time series. small straight cephalopods. Also near near the base [illegible] and a small Billingsella like form (rare specimen). At the top we come upon pink red fine grained sandstones interbedded amid clay and then headed [illegible], some of the sandstone have angular pieces of intraformational conglomerate. We estimate this sandstone series to be about 100 feet thick (have a sample).