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MR. E. W. BINNEY ON THE PERMIAN BEDS 



The trias and permian beds in this section have the same 

 angle of dip, namely 7° east-of-south, at an angle of 14°, 

 whilst the underlying coal-measures dip 52° east-of-south at 

 angle of 11°; so it is evident that the former have a greater 

 inclination than the latter. These appear to have been partly 

 eroded and removed before the deposition of the trias and 

 permian beds, and afterwards all three formations have been 

 elevated into their present position. 



Mr. Evans's two pits are about 50 yards apart, and the 

 trias and permian strata were met with in the bye pit, 50 

 yards higher up than in the engine pit. The red stone of 

 10ft. 6in. no doubt represents the thin beds of limestone 

 parted by clays, and the red burr of 2ft. 8in. the lower band 

 of the Bedford section. The same fossils were found in the 

 limestone as at Bedford. The lower new red sandstone, 

 although described as red, had beds of a light colour mixed 



