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Brindon, July 4 -1912
Began to study the section south of the O.A.R.D.
bridge on the arc below the nodular. Section goes north
direction
towards the railway bridge. Opposite to the section of yesterday
As on July 3
(17)
(18)
(19)
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nodular layers. Side area
exposed here due to the flattened arch and at least
arc buckle.
(17a) As one goes north over the folds of the nodular
synclinal
the limestone of (17) seen yesterday reappears and here
one can determine the character and thickness of the bed.
It is at the surface a well-marked coarse grained dolomite
circular signs
decidedly white with apparently some ostracoda. 36 inches
(17b) Next lower in the section is a well-marked rather
soft
dolomite that matters into a hand or bed . 5 feet 10 inches
attempts 3 feet up to faults gone
(17c) Brick red shale. There is another fault where,
Then an area that is 50 fat across with unflued bed.
in here.
The area of another fault. There is much red and some green shales
(20)
bed of a short flat and with the "Strand-fora bed"
and the higher white were shown pitching again to the N.N.-E.
(21)
green shales as on July 3. Dip 28°
(22)
Red shales. 36 yards across. Terminates in about 3 feet of green
shale
slightly bent in section
harder shale helps followed
(22a) Then tender light green by well-marked granular-
dolomites that at low water are seen to be small of undulating