Field Notebook: Newfoundland 1918a
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Bluff Head to Cole River At first I think the pencil material is diorite but it soon becomes plain farther around towards the north where there is exposed a red thinnning of the upper clivins from sandstone. Bluff Head sticks boldly through the sandstone. Below is the biellared lava like that seen on July 11 and above it the red amygdaloidal tuff while higher the main mass is of a pencil diorite. We have several pictures to try out this later injections into the diorite. Also have several samples. At the contact we see no very small are oretamphrons. The sandstone is of coarse mud level and shale has become flint-like. The lack of crushed against amorphous is striking. Quinton thinks the pillowed lava is a very recent intrusion, even post-Paleogic. This does not seem to me to be true. As we go along the craft north to Cole River = deepentine river we again seem to be in the varigated shale series for several miles and then for about 1/2 mile come up to the river on south, thin red dull dark shale interbedded with with sometimes a limestone. These from the boat seem to be the upper Richmondian series. If so this will be an interesting occurrence. The next day the trees proved to be li = Table Head series = later As we came along the craft we see that Fox Island is cut off by the sea train plane that stands at about 170 foot above sea level. This same level as elevated thinner over an at several places along the main land. In place it is round another cross bedded sand showing plainly that the sea was once here. Back of the ascending slope there and the low cliff. Another elevating tract is at about 25-foot and is crowned with head material, below this. We camp at Cole River (a door stilling hithers man flee) at 7 P.M.