Field notes, Tennessee, 1901
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"Steamboat" Photo 2: Coffee and, just below Coffee Landing. Term, Bedding will shown at Bluff, Bluff about 1/2 mi. mg. Rock bluff begins at Cravers and extends down the river. 10-15 feet of Barnesport bed in 15-20 feet of Dixon bed. Dip up the river. At Carr Buds Belm Landing, 20 ft? Heavy cracked limestone below, Above this is Dixon bed - more clayey streaked north red, 12-15 ft ? Above is Barnesport bed, massive bed for 5 ft. Slim bedded + white layers above, 20 ft. Dip fairly A short distance down the river the dip is up the river. Apparently cracked limestone. Further downstream the Dixon bed equivalent is nearly level the dips slowly down river. Dolosted bed white + red alternating. 10-20 ft ? Overlaid by 30-40 ft of Barnesport bed. Dip continues down stream. Overlaid by cliff forming stuff. Look up to see if Anna Helderby. May be this thmple not her bring whether this limestone is clifty and thick. Next I can design rock appears small Steamboat Bluff begins about 1/2 mi. above Saltillo, Hard layers 8 ft. per 5 ft more clayey with a little red, over 15 feet swiftly hard. All = Glenbork bed. 1/2 mi. below Saltillo. Glenbork bed, at first level then dipping down stream overlaid by Dixon bed dipping strongly down stream. This Dixon bed finds thin bedded. A consider- le joint consists of an inferior whit ish limestone interbedded with some clayey reddish streaked above Pleasant Belm or Pleasant 1/2 mi., rock dip up stream 20 ft. Glenbork, overlaid by base of Dixon bed. Then dips down Black Ark - is this a dyke at Govern- ment loght; just above Kelley Land- ing. At Kelley Landing + below a great thickness of Glenbork with dipping up stream. Resting on Saltillo limestone - east northern exposure. 10-15 feet of Saltil- lo limestone exposed. Just above Swallow Bluff the rock dips down stream, the Glenbork resting on the Saltillo limestone from all -> The thin bedded Glenbork 3.0 ft. is overlaid by heavy bedded 15 ft.