VOL. XV. (1) RHTIC ROCKS Al 
About half-a-mile to the north of this exposure, the 
“Tea-green Marls” are visible in the east bank of the road 
ascending the hill, and again are well exposed in the west 
side of the road above Cleeve Mill. 
Mr Tomes informed the writer that in the digging out of 
a pond opposite his house (about 100 yards north-east of 
the Church, South Littleton) the black shales of the 
Lower Rhetic were excavated. This means that the total 
thickness of the Upper Rhetic was passed through, 
the Zstheria-bed occurring according to Mr Tomes about 
eight feet below the Ostrea-beds. The Estherza-bed is 
frequently exposed in deep drains and other excavations 
in this neighbourhood. Mr Tomes also informed the 
writer that the black shales (Lower Rheetic) are very thin 
around South Littleton—a fact the writer had expected. 
Finally, on the borders of Worcestershire and Warwick- 
shire, in the picturesque Marl Cliff, the junction of the 
Keuper and Rheetic Series is exhibited, and in considering 
bed 15 the equivalent of the true Rhztic Bone-bed the 
writer had the support of Mr Tomes. 
IX.—SECTION AT MARL CLIFE. 
ft. ins. 
14 SHALES, black - 
5-s \15 SANDSTONE, (Bone-bed- equivalent) ; yellowish 
z8 (weathers. brown) ; a few fish-scales ( Gyrolepis ) 
ad (about) I 
16 SHALES, black, laminated, clayey ane asoks2s AG 
28. )I. -¢Tea-green Marls” me as ..(about) 24 6 
58 II. Red Marls ... e abe as se re 
IV. —Conclusion. 
Although there are but comparatively few good sections 
‘of the Rheetic Series in Worcestershire, the results ob- 
tained from an investigation of these rocks are important 
for several reasons. 
