The Permians of the N. IV. of England. 



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General Section of the Red Rocks, 



In the Southern part of the Vale of Eden. By J. G. Goodchild, F. G.S. 



St. Bees Sandstone. Sun cracks, footprints {Cheiro- 

 tkerium) and poikolitic colouration, as seen East of 

 Langwathby, Ousby, etc. 



Passage beds downwards into Red Shales and Marls. 



Ocaasional bands of brecciated quartziferous conglomerate. 

 Magnesian Limestone of Bela, Hilton Beck, etc. 



Chocolate Shales and Marls with Gypsum. 



Plant Beds. Alternations of Magnesia-calcareous sand- 

 stone and impure Magnesian limestones with shales 

 and saffron-coloured sandstones. Occasional bands 

 of Lignite, and one or two thin coals. Fragmentary 

 remains of plants, much carbonized. 



Yellow Sandstones, with waterstones, graduating 

 downwards into thinly bedded red sandstone. 



Upper Brockram. Alternations of breccia and thin 

 sandstones, graduating north-westwards into sand- 

 stone, and south-eastwards into the hard Brockram 

 of Kirkby Stephen. 



False Bedded Bright Copper Red Sandstone. 



Lignite beds of the Giants Caves, Penrith. 



Lower Brockram, of Burrells, Stank, and the Bela. 



