Diagram to Illustrate the Gexeral Succession of the Strata ln' 



TUE Noui-OLK Cliffs, extending several miles N.W. and S.E. 



OF Cromer, from Sir Ciias. Lyell's "Antiquity or Man." 



N.W. 



S.E. 



A. Site of Cromer Jetty. 



1. Upper Chalk with flints in regular stratification. 



2. Norwich Crag, rising from low water at Cromer to the top of the 

 cliffs at Weyboume, seven miles distant. 



3. " Forest Bed," with stumps of trees in situ, and remains of ElepTias 

 meridimalis, E. primigenim, E. antiquus, Rhinoceros Etruscus, &c. This bed 

 increases in depth and thickness eastward. No Crag (No. 2) known east 

 of Cromer Jetty. 



3'. i?'/«v/o— Marine Series. At Cromer and eastward, with abundant 

 lignite beds and mamalian remains, and with cones of the Scotch and 

 spruce firs, and wood. At Eunton, north-west of Cromer, expanding into 

 a thick fresh-water deposit, with overlying marine strata, elsewhere con- 

 sisting of alternating sands and clays, tranqmlly deposited, some -\vith 

 marine, others with fresh-water shells. 



4. Boulder Clay of glacial period, with far transported erratics, some 

 of them polished and scratched, 20 to 80 feet in thickness. 



5. Contorted Drift. 



6. Superficial gravel and sand, with covering of vegetable soil. 



Section made from Mr. God win- Austen's Paper on the 

 Porlock Beds. 



1. Shingle Bank of Silicious Rocks. 



2. Marine Silt with Scrobicularia. 



3. Surface of Plant Growths. 



4. Blue Mud Deposit. 



5. Submerged Forest. 



6. Angular Detritus. 



