Field Notebook: Newfoundland 1918a
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42 July 12-1918, Friday, Long Point. A start at 6.30 and had breakfast at 7 A.M. We leave camp at Fox Island Point, and at 9 are on our way past round nears the motu to Long Point. We get to shore at 10.30 A.M. It stormed with thunder and lightning but with not much wind. We kept dry and without mishap. This morning all is fog and we can see only half one mile ahead. As we pass Fox Island we see through the glasses that the land consists of the coarse tessel flow that we examined on July 10 north of Bennett Bora. When we get to the Long Point shore about one-half miles south of the light house we come over to the other side. Here are exposed flint [clay half in shale] sandy shales interbedded with thin fine grained sandstones (2 to 4 inches) and an limy calcid. in the right occasional thin limestone. In the full mile we can see 70 to 100 feet of these strata, dips 20° N. 54°. These strata are replete with the species of Oolith stellithis (very slender, medium, and large), once or than any Richmond- cian strata shore seen before. From the center of this area to the top fossils come in fairly common. Bivalves are most common hackidords [?] for four [thoroughly matted oys], species, all common especially a semiplicate Plectambritis and Bradystria mites, and a Dalmarella. In one layer just below the bivalve zone occur Illaenus, and on this layer we also saw either Dendrocrinus or a similar armed Elytrocirrus. Towards the bottom a large Rafinesquina is common along with Tarrnits, a sponge. On the east shore of the Peninsula are exposed thin bedded mudstone a thick origin at about 5 miles south by three done estined limestone. We estimate the land to be 600 feet wide . . . of it