Field Notebook: Oklahoma, Texas 1922
Page 74
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Then drove to Besoryn on the Santa Fe Railway, and then three miles north to see the Caney and Drop anuccella portion of the Pennsyl- vanian. Myself and J agreed that there is no head here from the base of the Caney up into the Pennsylvanian. The Black Cany through the top becomes sandy once and once ad then a clay sandstone. The transition continuing into the Penn, the then beds of sandstone become fine and less at lastly all becomes blue-grey sands. There here about 1600 feet of Caney. Then here in probably 2000 justly basal Pennsylvania before the then reds and limestone come in. These occasional zones, we open for about 200 feet, and carry the Drop anuccella fauna of diminutive forms. See my collection; the second one made. The earlier one was made from years ago. We then walked along the Santa Fe R.R. north to near Crusher to see the lag Ordovician sections. The total thick- ness is between 1760 and 2000 feet of