STRATA OF YORKSHIRE. 



Bath oolite formation. 



10 Cornbrash 

 stone 



utmost thickness. 

 feet. 



lime- 



5 -j Gristhorpe, Scarborough. 

 I 200 Gristhorpe, Scalby. 



1 ( Gristhorpe, White Nab, 



12 gSTofSarf 3 { ClougLnWyke,Haw S - 



13 Lower sandstone, ) 



shale, and coal. J 



14 Ferruginous beds, \ 



(Inferior oolite of V 

 Somersetshire.) ) 



60 



( Cloughton, Peak, Burton 

 (_ Head, Sic. 



f Peak, Whitby, Boulby, 



the Cleveland hills. 



Lias formation. 



, ., TT ,- , , ) nnn ( Ch'ffs near Whitby, Hills 

 15 Upper has shale J200J near Guisbroughf &c. 



Cliffs near Staiths, Head 

 Bilsdale, Eston Nab, 



16 Marlstone series 



17 Lower lias shale 



}( Cliffs n 

 150 \ of Bi 

 ( &c. 



j-500 J 



Robin Hood's Bay, Boulby, 

 Redcar. 



New red sandstone form- 

 ation. (WERNER.) 



18 Red marl and red 1 =|s f Yarm, Boroughbridge, and 



sandstone J = i ? ' . Ferrybridge. 



Brotherton lime- ) ' ^_ f From Brotherton to Don- 



stone j I caster. 



Red cla y and j- 50 | Fairburn, Knottingley. 

 gypsum j ( 



Magnesian lime- ) -i 20 f Catterick, Knaresborough, 

 stone j \ Doncaster, &c. 



19 



f 20 Coal measures 2000 Leeds, Barnsley, Sheffield. 



Carboniferous formation. < 21 Mountain lime- ) nQQQ / Swaledale, Yoredale, and 



j \ 



State formation. 



stone series Wharfdale. 



22 Slate rocks thickness unknown. Ingleton, Sedbergh. 



Over these strata, is spread the detritus of the deluge, and, in particular 

 places, this is covered by more recent accumulations of peat, clay, &c. 



THE MOORLAND DISTRICT. 



THIS district is remarkable for presenting, along its whole outline, 

 a range of bold and steep escarpments. Its overhanging cliffs, which 

 so strikingly characterise the coast between Scarborough and Redcar, 



