Field Notebook: Nova Scotia, Quebec, Vermont 1924, 1928, 1932, 1933
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Wea. WED. MARCH 10, 1909 Ther. Tuesday, Sep. 25 - 1928. Started out with Card, Crickmay and McBerrigle and the Keilbs for Phillipston to the N.E. towards Bedford, First stop just north of Grove Hill Farm of Dr.C. Brown, 1/2 m. N. of St. Armand. Here one sees to W regulation Beedmantam with folds. To the east of it is Mallett an overthrust sheet pushed to the east over the Beedmantam. At and near the junction of the two formations one sees much conglomerate and to E the middle member of the Mallett that here as elsewhere is marked by interbedded bituminous quartz. The both is usually near the base of the Mallett and evi- dent is secondary after the overthrusting. The Beed. is locally much faulted and the blocks offset with little throws of two feet or so. The faulting is due to the grinding and thrusting Mallet. In places the Beedl. Hrocks are much pushed around and out of place. I get the idea of a great development of Beed, followed by the Chazy ls and dol. The latter i