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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (14073318602).jpg ASSOCIATEB ROCKS OF THE BREIDDEN HILLS <br> 537 <br> Hall Mill <br> Brook <br> Eoad 1 <br> Pentamerus-beds in Shropshire and they are the probable equivalent <br> of the Tarannon shales of orth Wales <br> The Wenloek shales follow and they are of importance from their <br> position as showing a transition from the calcareous development in <br> Salop to the arenaceous type in Denbigh They are admirably dis- <br> played in road- and railway-cuttings small quarries and a number <br> of transverse streams which flow down from the Long Mountain I <br> have not yet been able to work out these rocks in great detail <br> still less to follow the zones to the S E side of the synclinal but <br> I hope at some future time to <br> return to this the abundance of <br> Graptoliies giving promise of use- <br> ful results <br> I have run four sections across O <br> these beds from N W to S E rl <br> between the N' of the area and <br> Buttington and they show a pretty <br> regular succession and palaeonto- <br> logical development such as en- S <br> ables us to compare them vrith <br> other areas <br> Beginning at the N fig 2 a <br> number of sections are laid open <br> along the brook running from Har- _ <br> grave Wood to Middletown At the g <br> ¢ ¢ ¢ 1 <br> junction of this with a tributary ; <br> flowing past the schoolhouse the <br> lowest beds of concretionary grey -S <br> calcareous shale a contain a few ' <br> undeterminable shells and dip 2 <br> S 15° E at 32° A little further <br> up where the brook crosses the - <br> railwaj are similar shales b with <br> concretions 2 feet across dipping <br> 10° S 10° E and containing the <br> following Graptolites which to- <br> gether with others shortly to be § <br> mentioned have been kindly de- - <br> ter mined by Prof Lap worth ” <br> Brook - <br> Quarry - <br> Eoad <br> Eailwav <br> Brook <br> Cyrtograptus sp <br> Monograptus priodon var <br> Flemingii Salt <br> These are Lower Wenloek <br> forms Further up where a <br> branch from Winnington Green <br> enters in a smaU quarry are <br> finer bedded shales c which dip <br> S 60° E at 56° and contain- <br> so <br> I <br> Tributary <br> Lane 37047417 114009 51125 Page 537 Text 41 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/37047417 1885 Geological Society of London NameFound Cyrtograptus NameConfirmed Cyrtograptus NameBankID 4134944 NameFound Graptolites NameConfirmed Graptolites NameBankID 423327 NameFound Monograptus priodon NameConfirmed Monograptus priodon NameBankID 5447754 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 41 1885 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 37047417 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/37047417 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-04-30 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/14073318602 2015-08-26 04 58 04 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1885 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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