Field Notebook: Nova Scotia, Quebec, Vermont 1924, 1928, 1932, 1933
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Monday August 29-1932 Wea. THUR. JULY 22, 1909 Ther. A dark and threatening morning but I am visiting Dr G Smith of Milton to study the typical area of the Milton dolomite. Took the 9.30 A.M. bus to Burlington. Drove [illegible] miles southwest of Milton and looked again at Whitch localities 3. Saw the Longly's layer again but nothing more among the other dolomites. All an anomaly due to gelatinous grit that are massive low sandy and intra- formational conglomerate. The sand is usually fine but in places seems coarse and the grit which was in a quartzite. The dip is mainly to the E at 150-200° and then maybe 150' or more of the dolomite towards the E. Further north I looked at one drill, but saw no forms. On some of the bedding surfaces the conglomerate nature of the drill is plain. Usually the pieces are small less than one inch long, but rarely there are pieces up to several inches across. On other surfaces I saw large blocks some nearly 2' across. These all appear to be intraformational. This means that the sea moved lots of the bottom and could be put about and then deposition worked again. About one P.M. got Dr Whitch loc. 2, Longly