Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12471273733).jpg 402 <br> PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY April 5 <br> flint and it makes the top of the slope or lower part of the cliif a good <br> example of the form called wall above slope by Mr Buskin <br> Prom the western side of Freshwater Bay a good view may be <br> had of the cUiFs to the east showing all the beds from the Chalk- <br> with-flints down to the Wealden The diagram fig 2 is from a <br> rough sketch taken from the foot of the cliff <br> Fig 2 ” View of the Cliff's eastward of Freshwater Bay <br> a Chalk with flints e Gault <br> h Chalk without flints bedded f Lower Greensand <br> c Chalk-marl more thinly bedded r Chalk Downs <br> d Upper Greensand <br> In the higher part of a the bands of flints are frequent and <br> regular but towards the bottom they are less common and less con- <br> tinuous and the chalk has a somewhat nodular look ; at the bottom <br> there is a layer of yellowish nodules which I have been led to think <br> is the representative of the bed more distinct elsewhere which I <br> have named Chalk- rock f The nodules are like those of that <br> bed of irregular shapes and sometimes green-coated and they occur <br> here and in other places in the island hereinafter noticed in the <br> same position as the Chalk-rock that is at the junction of the Chalk- <br> with-flints and the Chalk- without-flints In this section that junc- <br> tion is hard to get at on the top of the cliff but the nodules may be <br> seen in fallen blocks at the foot The hard Chalk-marl and the <br> still harder Upper Greensand stretch out as a foreshore for some <br> way westward of their outcrop in the chff their even bedding being <br> clearly shown by close parallel ridges <br> A chalk-pit at the south-eastern corner of Shalcombe Down gives <br> the following section ; ” <br> Chalk much split up by weathering <br> Line of blackish clay <br> Hard and more massive chalk 7 or 8 feet <br> Hard cream-coloured bed 8 or 10 inches This I take to be <br> the Chalk -rock ; green-coated nodules occur at the top which <br> is well marked whilst it passes down into <br> Chalk without flints but with two layers of soft grey marl <br> A like section is shown by the pit marked on the Geological Sur- <br> vey Map on the southern side of Mottestone Down and due north of <br> the village ” <br> Chalk split up or weathered to a rough surface <br> ' Modern Painters ' vol iv p 151 <br> t Quart Joiu n Geol Soc vol xvii p 166 <br> I 34892076 108495 51125 Page 402 Text v 21 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/34892076 1865 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 21 1865 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 34892076 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/34892076 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-12 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12471273733 2015-08-27 10 02 33 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1865 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |