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200 ft. south of Asa Yates, 1/8 mi. S. of
Greenwell's Ford.
4 ft 2 in. Clinton. salmon brown + siliceous,
siliceous red on top.
26 ft. banded Madison.
20 ft The upper part grades into the Madison.
Only the lower 9 feet fossiliforms, only
Lower Richmond fossils seen.
11 ft. At top Stephomena planumbra in clay-
ma. Clayey. Steptolaema occurs
2 feet above Coral bed and also in
thin blue limestone 2 in. above coral
bed.
1 ft. Columnaria halli red. Corals abundant.
Tetradrinus varius just beneath.
9 ft covered. Probably soft clay rock.
6 ft. Limestone layers with fossils in clayish between
Road turns off W up Yates Hill.
35 ft. Lona Madison, solid, green claygy rock.
1ft 8in. Columnaria halli rather common.
12 ft. Various clayey rocks.
6 ft. Fossiliferous claygy limestone, weathering to clay
with Orthus laticosta var.
5 in. Solid blue limeast. with fossils.
9 ft. Fossils above, less common below.
2 ft. Level sandy rock with rough top, varying
crossbedded layer, one second level rock
on second crossbedded layer with coarse
Orthus bynx silicified, Wine Sandy
rock with Orthus bynx film.
Section ends within 50 feet of Mr. Mont
Roby's house.
32 Cont. from page 9.
32 A
X=From Greenwell's Ford
E 1/2 mi. then up steep hill
Cedar glades due to
abundant Ozgood clay
Ozgood clay purple near base
3 ft 10 in. basal Niagara, in solid 8in. layers.
2 ft. Clinton.
Kirby Jones Section = 32 A
From X Road Turn S 46 W for 3/4 mi.
then S 70 E on gravel road for 1/2 mi. and
then down hill along fine section.
= good steep section.
5 1/2 ft. solid limestone - Lower Gannel?
2 ft claygy limestone upper Ozgood clay?
18 ft Ozgood clay
5 1/2 ft basal Niagara = thick layers.
1 ft. grey Clinton. With fossils.
25 ft banded Madison.
11 ft brown sandy clay.
2 1/2 ft clay with Steph. planumbra.
3 ft limestone rubble with Steph. sulcata,
Rhynch. casea, Portancia retusta, Steph.
planumbra, Near top are thin lime-
stone layers with Steph. planumbra.
6 ft Steph. planumbra begins at top of rubble
limestone
1 in. Thin limestone with Column. alvedata.
2 ft 2 in. rubble stone.
8 in. Steptelaema 6 in. above coral in limestone
1 ft. Coral bed.
15 ft soft
2 ft solid.
11 ft. Part weathered to porous rubble.
38 1/2 ft = Lona Madison, solid rock.
0 ft Rock with Orthus laticosta var.
Greenwell's Ford
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32A
Section
1/2 mile
altitude