Field notes, Ohio, undated, 2 volumes
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South J Carr's station. m'th'd going to Martine. Black shale, but not the base. No expense for considerable interval. 5 ½ ft harder argillaceous rock, 20 ft shaly stuff, weathering soft, 16 ½ ft Massive L. thin shale, first cliff forming. 22ft chiefly massive trumitl. intruded with a little shale. Grey chalk and white sand layers 1-2 inches thick interbedded. Martins Lirca by some chitin? atypa petularis Chonetes murrae artica Bryozoa trilimata, quadri? Ostrea brisa, Crab chalk and flints for a long distance in taly, but original horizon for half within 30 ft of tops. Can't varied fauna requiring much collecting. Martins - North Novy 2 2R 5 ½ ft hard limestone (weathering) 5 ½ ft clay argillaceous rock 8ft hard iron-studded L. 4 ½ ft pure white limestone. 30 ft granular & t from feldspar only? 12 ½ ft silty flintiferous 11ft West Kinnin. B ase as far as Kennon. 28 ft in terrace, supposed to be Crutcher's Highest horizon. I get out back yard exposures and here full of characteristic fossils. J P J Scott. 6 ½ ft Chlor shale 1 ¾ ft Binnish phyllaceous rock. 13 ft White chalk shale 14ft hard rock like Dorrien boggs 14 ft argillaceous rock. 22 ½ ft Black shale, chlor. > R. District No 4 School house. Quicks Run. 65 ½ 79 11 9 11ft greenish shale - Glentany? C ¾ ft white L. fully concrete margalimestones 68 ft upper half weathering soft & sandy (Lower half massive limestone) 2ft full fl pebbles as at Martins. 9 ft met ma'm, 2 andy limed m. The Glentany is overlaid by Black shale further up. Hill N of Grad about 200 yds E J School, about 6 mn from Conelurg.