XI 



CHAPTER XII. 



Page 

 OLIGOCE^E— continued :— 



Hamstead Beds ..--.. 184 



CHAPTER XIII. 



PLEISTOCENE AND RECENT DEPOSITS :— 



Classification --...-. 208 



I. Angular Flint Gravel of the Chalk Downs - 209 



II. Plateau Gravels : — 



Their Age ._.-.. 210 



St. George's Down to East Cowes and Osborne - - 212 



Parkhurst Forest to West Cowes - ... 214 



Thorness and Rew Street - - - - 215 



Hamstead .-.-.- 215 



Oalbourne _-.... 215 



Headon Hill 216 



Wootton Bridge to Ryde - - - - - 216 



Ryde and St. Helen's - - - - - 216 



Bembridge - - - - - -217 



Blake Down, Newchurch, Alverstone, and Sandown - 217 



Brook - - - - - - - 220 



III. The Valley Gravels and Brick-Earth : — 



Mode of Occurrence . _ - - . 220 



The Eastern Yar - - - - - - 221 



Wootton Creek - - - - - - 222 



The Medina Valley - - - - - 222 



The Western Yar - - - - - - 223 



IV. Beds now forming, or of recent Date : — 



Alluvium and Peat of : — 



a. The Western Yar and the Coast from Freshwater to 



Yarmouth - - - - - - 228 



b. The Coast from Freshwater to Blackgang - - 230 



c. The Medina - - - - - - 235 



d. The Eastern Yar . _ - - . 235 

 Blown Sand -..-.. 237 

 Chalk Talus - - - - - - 237 



CHAPTER XIV. 

 DISTURBANCES AND FAULTS 239 



CHAPTER XV. 

 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 2^8 



CHAPTER XVI. 

 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 251 



