Field Notebook: Newfoundland, Nova Scotia 1910
Page 35
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"[Illegible] a cliff 13 [illegible] high in which are seen a few thin bedded and laminated li. Tunbridge saw no fossils here. "The 7th terrace consists of feet of beds. Then follows a cliff 23 feet high that has local exposures of Tunbridge sandstone and sandy li. The 8th terrace consists [illegible] 15 feet of strata. No fossils seen here. The dip and strike of the basal strata near the sea level has a strike of N. 10 E and a dip of 8 E, In the strata just below this terrace the strike is N. 20 E, dip 8 E. "We walked north-west across the hills to L'Ance St. Claire and from the southern side we see that the strata along the northern side of the bay undulate like this: [Diagram] White conglomerate Red conglomerates L'Ance St. Claire N.W. The undulations in the strata appear not only towards the Straits of Belle Isle but also directly the other way, i.e. to the N.E. The latter are more decided than the former and both undulations can be made out at L'Ance St. Claire Bay, "The prevailing dip [illegible] towards the Straits of Belle Isle. Logan gives it at 65 feet to the mile. "The feldspar is particularly abundant in the lower red and arkosic conglomerates. In the higher conglomerates the feldspars are practically absent. "From this we draw the conclusion that the old shore line was not far away and that the Cambrian sea broke down the Red granite and the lighter [illegible] gneiss as the material for the basal strata,