Brannkk : Geology of Alagoas, Brazii,. 9 



the vicinity of Lagoa Jcquia and gi\-c a good idea of ihc appearance of 

 these sediments in characteristic exposures at and near the coast. 



The rocks are mostly soft sandstones varying greatly in color — red, 

 pink, piu'iilo, >'ollo\v, orange, and gra\' predominating. In many places 



Fig. 5. A headland on the coast, three kilometers northeast of Jequia da Praia. 

 (Crandall phot.) 



the beds are mottled; often they are false-bedded, and the true beds are 

 sometimes more or less lenticular. The bedding is approximately hori- 

 zontal with such local exceptions as might be looked for in the deposition 

 of sediments of the kind. None of the beds are hard, but thev all break 



