Field notes, Tennessee, 1901
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Swallow Bluff. N. end of fold. Boyred measure. C 6" Chert y Clinton 318" limestone of Clinton, a Saltillo limestone = Near middle of arch = 31 feet thick, Dense hard limestone one beds 2-4 inches more shale than limestone. [illegible] F5 4 ft 9½ ft -Thin bedded limestone. D8½ Beyond here hard massive ledge. vertical. G. 6ft whitish cracked limestone and a rather thin beds, H. 11 ft limiest with reddish crinoidal spicules rather then bedded. I. 11 ft: A considerable joint near more massive bedded. (Total 53¼ ft.) J Waldron bed. 3½ mi fossiliferous [illegible] 22" that hard limestone led with shale or wanted to be not readily recognizable, 20 inches, reddish clayey stuff. weathering beds. K 21 ft S.L.D limestone, cracked (Total 76¾ feet) L Slabs froze, which raise the bed to 79ft at first. Fossils. Lower C. Bath. Spgs. Meristea tennesseensis commun. Atropus reticulatus novozanensis Wilimia zaffardi. Spiridula remesii. Micrinulus tennesseensis Camarostrecha like aspect a but larger. Homospira schucherti, Dalmanella elegantula Nucleospira concentrica Leptaena neombridiola. Calymene Mayarensis Pentremites, more where closer than typical Favrites forbesi, Withathea myelasma, Callipora elegantula Cheunzagites, one. Diaphanostrea Mayarensis Phijidomella zaffardi. Amphistruca. Rhipidomella. Spirifera zaffardi of Safford look up, Camarostrecha acuminus Spirige look up, Amisophyllum Agassizi. Look up. Chert in Swallow Bluff Ollaerens more like Madinmenes thinn Calymene vogdesi, Leptaena Neombridiola Dalmanella elegantula Atropa marginata