UPPER GREENSAND. 



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Freestone ■ 



l£t 





Gore Cliff. 



Chloritic Marl (see p. 81). 

 Chert Beds. Alternations of chert and sand 

 Firestone and rag 



("Bastard freestone 

 ' \ Freestone - ' 



Malm Rock<^ Sand with rag - - . 



I „ with many ledges of rag ■ 

 I Blue clayey sand 

 [_Blue micaceous sandstone 

 Gault - Passage Beds. 



A still more convenient spot for examining the upper part of 

 the Greensand, known as the Cripple's Path, slants up the cliff, 

 south-east of the village of Niton. The Chloritic Marl, however, 

 is not seen. 



At Ventnor the section of the beds is given by Mr. Norman 

 as follows : — 



Section above Ventnor. 



Chert Beds, /Alternations of chert and sandstone beds, 21 

 24 feet. L to 24 in number - - - - 



Firestone . - . - - 



Freestone Bed [bastard in upper part] 



Rag ------ 



Sandstone - - - - - 



Rag -.--.. 



Soft sandstone - - _ . 



Black band . - - - - 



Soft yellow sandstone (" Whills ") - 

 Rag ....-- 



Compact reddish sandstone - . - 



Rag - - - 



Com.pact reddish sandstone - - - 



Mammillated rag - - . - 



Soft yellow micaceous sands with concretions 

 Dark coloured rag - - - . 



Dark clayey bed . - - . 



Hard blue chert, with crushed Inoceramus - 

 Light-grey sandy micaceous clay. 



Ft. In. 



Malm Rock, 

 81 feet. 



Gault 



Near Shanklin in some quarries where the " free-stone bed " is 

 worked for building, and the beds above and below it for road- 

 making, the following sections were noted. 



Q,uarry on the south side of the Luccomb Valley. 



Alternations of chert (" shotterwick '') and sand (top not seen) 

 Rag in lenticular masses . . - . _ 



Firestone ------- 



Rag. ...---- 



Firestone ------- 



Rag - - - - - - - - 



Firestone or Rub-stone (a stone formerly used for whitening 



hearths, &c.) ..-_.- 



Freestone --.__-- 



