IN KINGS COUNTY, N. S. HAYCOCK. 



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Diagram 2. Section in Ira Woodworth Bay. 



In the shore cliffs four distinct formations are revealed and 

 in the ascending order they occur as follows : 



1. Trap Rock. 



2. Sandstone and Impure limestone, 20-30 feet. 



3. Boulder clay with striated stones in irregular masses, 

 20-30 feet. 



4. StratiHed sand and gravel 4 to 6 feet in thickness about 

 thirty feet above high water mark. 



Trap Rock. 



The Basaltic Trap is, in this locality mainly amygdaloidal 

 and occurs in sheets varying from two or three to many feet in 

 thickness. The strike corresponds to the general trend of the 

 shore. In many places the beds are intersected by a network 

 of shrinkage cracks which have been subsequently filled with a 

 dark reddish brown jasper. This is more resistant than the 

 trap and the veins form a network of intersecting riilges separat- 

 ing saucer shaped depressions a foot or more in diameter. As 

 the Trap approaches its contact with the limestone it becomes. 



