I 4 GEOLOGY OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT 



out again on the west of the Island in Brook Bay, and a 

 general correspondence of the strata on the east and west 

 of the Island ; while, as we travel from Sandown or Brook 

 northward to the Solent, we come to continually more 

 recent beds overlying those which appear to the south 

 of them. 



When, as in the south side of our central downs, the 

 strata are sharply cut away by denudation, we call this 

 an escarpment. The figure shows the structure of the 

 Sandown anticline we have described. We must now 

 examine the rocks more closely, beginning with the lowest 

 strata in the Island, and try to read the story they have 

 to tell. 



