Field Notebook: Nova Scotia 1912
Page 70
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Near Phulie, south bank, about half way only Conglomerate Heavy bedded, cm bedded conglomerate Blue shales Cm bedded sandstone Blue shales with Alymania roots 18" to 24" Sandstone, cm bedded Fault critical. Whitish 32, Purple shale about 6 feet thick 32 Purple shale about 6 feet thick 32 Then for this conglomerate one is thicker than any we have seen yesterday. Here it is 20 to 20 feet thick. It rests upon a purple shale, one with that and so, I at least 20 feet thick. The contact line is level and there is no channeling here as is usual with the cm bedded sandstone.