Field Notebook: Newfoundland 1918b
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124 August 8, Parsons Pond Section [26] 35-50' [illegible] Beginning near the west edge of this area (2) the section continues: [26] 140 Dark gray shale with some interbedded thin bands of light gray li. The shale becomes lighter in the upper part, creating quartz and hornish. Dip 50 S. 60 E. [27] 8 Torrdears layers of li. conglomerate, separated by small [illegible] pure li. [28] 230 Shales much cracked and distorted or that no sequence can be made out. [illegible] [29] 20 Thin bedded dark colored li., interbedded with shale [30] 24 Thin bedded dark colored li., standing vertical. Strike N. W-E. [31] 3 Layers of li. conglomerate. [32] 260 Varigated red and green shale with many bands of impure li, which are restricted but not cracked. [33] 12 Hearng bed of li. conglomerate. Ripples then and flat [34] 63 Varigated beds as above. [35] 272 Olive green ss. and sandy shale. The ss. in heavy beds but break down easily into thin chips. Dip 60 S. 85 E. [36] 116 Unexploded interval [37] 142 Greenish ss. and sandy shale like that above. Dip 50-65 S, 70 E. [38] 240 Same as preceding. Dip 50-65 S, 70 E. 1530 43