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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (13860099414).jpg 130 <br> PEOF J PEESTWICH ON A PECULIAE <br> 4 teeth of Bison and some undeterminable fragments - There are <br> no traces of gnawing on any of the bones <br> When I first visited the cutting the drift- exposure was at its <br> deepest extending to the base of the cutting a depth of 28 feet <br> and just reaching the chalk beneath The section it here presented <br> is as under fig 4 <br> Fig 4 ” Section in Catting near the village of Chilton at B fig 1 <br> enlarged <br> 0 <br> 1 1 L_ h- \ -- i Chalk <br> 1 v <br> feet <br> 1 Surface soil reddish loam with a few flints £ to 1 <br> a Cream-coloured fine chalk- and flint-rubble showing a deeply <br> festooned or waved surface 6 to 10 <br> b Soft white marl reconstructed chalk with shells 4 to 6 <br> c Very light yellow chalk- and flint-rubble with an occasional <br> black band 2 to 5 <br> d Dark brown clay almost black in places forming a line of <br> separation between the lighter beds above and the darker <br> yellow and brownish beds beneath ; two specimens of Pupa <br> marginata 2 to 4 <br> e Light-yellow flint- and chalk-rubble fine ; one Pupa 3 to 6 <br> / Coarser flint- and chalk-rubble ; bone of Bison 5 to 10 <br> In the lower half of the drift there were found irregularly dis- <br> persed in various parts of the cutting a few blocks of very hard and <br> compact Sarsen stone Lower Tertiary Sandstone Two of the <br> largest measured 2 ft x 10 in x 9 in and 1 ft 9 in x 1 ft 6 in <br> X 10 in The angles were rounded ; but otherwise they were not <br> much worn <br> In the beds c and / were some grains of glauconite derived pro- <br> bably from Lower Tertiary sands ; and the clay of bed d may be <br> derived from some of the Tertiary clays The black band in c is <br> caused by the admixture of a sooty manganese peroxide <br> The fragments of chalk mostly vary from the size of a pea to that <br> of a bean Some which consist of soft chalk are worn and rounded ; <br> but others which consist of a very hard chalk are flat and sub- 36935901 113692 51125 Page 130 Text 38 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36935901 1882 Geological Society of London NameFound Pupa marginata NameConfirmed Pupa marginata Draparnaud 1801 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 38 1882 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36935901 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36935901 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-04-15 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/13860099414 2015-08-26 07 53 52 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1882 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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