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Loc. 101, Section D. - Shell bed draw.
Beginning at top sandstone with
Corbicula hash.
(Corbicula sand is about 3' thick.)
dip 20°, N 27° E
Unit 1:
+11°, 48'
To conc layer ≈ top unit 10 Sec C.
Lower part (below 17' from top)
silty fissile shale abundant
plant frags., loc. almost w aquatic
sh. One thin sand scst. Corbicula
in upper part.
Upper 17' includes basal
sand with Corb. about 1.5 ft thick
Then 2.0± shale, then graded and
some IB sand + sh 3.0 Then
sand to top. Sand of trans has
scstt corbiculae, cap of flattened
concs.
Unit 2
+10°, 40
About 9' sand at base, then 0.5
liq. shale 4 3/4 ± shale becoming
gray sandy, about 5 4/0 sand
at top. Top thin platy liq. sand
10
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