MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 



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VIII. Section 1.5 miles south of Plum Point Wharf. 



Miocene. .^ 



CO 



Feet. Inches. 



r Yellowish sandy clay (Zone 15) 19 



Brownish sandy clay containing Isocardia fra- 



terna ( Zone 14 ) 6 



Bluish clay (Zone 13) 14 



Brownish sandy clay containing Ecphora quad- 

 ricostata var. umbilicata. Venus mercenaria, 



Cytherea staminea (Zone 12) 2 



Bluish clayey sand carrying few imperfect fos- 

 sils ( Zone 11 ) 13 



Bluish green sandy clay carrying characteristic 

 fossils (Zone 10) 6 



Total 61 



IX. Section 1.5 wiles south of Dares Wharf. 



Feet. 



Pleistocene. Yellowish loam, sand and gravel 30 



Bluish sandy clay carrying Isocardia fraterna 



d , (Zone 14) 3 



t. -2 j Bluish clay (Zone 13 ) 12 



Miocene. > 5 Brownish sandy clay carrying Ecphora guadricostata 

 IS 5 ! "^fl^''- umbilicata, Tenus mercenaria, Cytherea stami- 

 nea ( Zone 12) 2 



Bluish clay (Zone 11) 8 



O o 



I 



Total 55 



X. Section .5 miles south of Parker Creek. 



Pleistocene. 



Miocene. 



Reddish sandy loam 



Reddish sand (Zone 20) 2 



Reddish sandy clay containing Balanns con- 

 cavus, Corbula idonea, Astarte thisphila, Pec- 

 ten madisonius, Venus campechiensis var. 

 ctmeata, Dosinia acetabulum, Cardium laquea- 

 tum, Area staminea, etc., (Zone 19) 14 



Yellowish sandy clay containing fossil casts 



(Zone IS) 20 



a g "] Yellow sand containing Ecphora guadricostata, 

 Turritella pleheia, Panopea americana, Cor- 

 bula idonea, C. cuneata. Metis biplicata, 

 Macrocallista marylandica, Venus mercenaria, 

 V. campechiensis var. cuneata, Dosinia aceta- 

 bulum. Isocardia fraterna, Cardium laqueatum, 

 Crassatellites turgidulus, Astarte thisphila, 

 Pecten coccymelus, P. madisonius, Melina 

 I maxillata. Area staminea, etc. (Zone 17).... 6 



[■Bluish clay (Zone 15) 9 



I Brownish sandy clay containing Isocardia fra- 



Feet. Inches 

 2 



G .2 



S 



o S 



terna (Zone 14) 



Bluish sandy clay (Zone 13) 



Brownish sandy clay carrying Ecphora guad- 

 ricostata var. umbilicata. Venus mercenaria, 



Cytherea staminea (Zone 12) 



LBluish clay (Zone 11) 



4 



10 



Total 73 



