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PROF. MOREIS — GEOLOGY OF THE LOXDOX BASIN 



Fk;. 1. — General Section at Bushey Kiln, 

 near Watford.'^ 



I" 



(n 



/3 



ww§Mm< 



(Scale, 8 feet to an inch.) 



i Drifted clay, in parts sand}', with fliut-pebbhs, 

 I * thickness variable. 



FEET. 



"(«) Browii Clay. 



f (f) " Pebble-bed ; 

 I some of the 



pebbles large \ (or 

 London i t> ^ I more) 



^^^^^m^ Clay. il^~^*^(rf) Brown sandy 



Eeading 



Beds, 

 35 or 36 



feet. 



clay ; " large 

 oyster-shells at 

 the bottom " 

 L (R. Trench)... about 6 



^(/l) Green clay, with^ 

 " race " (irregular cal- 

 careous concretions)pass- 

 ing into the bed below . 

 (/ 2) Greenish and brown 



clayey sand 1 _ 



(/3) Clay. > "'^"^ ' 

 At the eastern part 

 of the yard these 

 three beds are so full 

 of race that they be- 

 come a marl J 



((-/) Lijz;ht-coloured false- 

 bedded sand about 12 



The beds below this 

 were not to be seen, 

 but Mr. Trench was 

 told that they were as 

 follows : — 



(//) Pebble-bed about .5 



(0 Sand 4 



(/■) Loam 5 



(/) Flints in saud 2 



Chalk {»,). 



♦ Whitaker, Mem. Geol. Surv. vol. iv. p. 222, fig. 55. 



