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GEOLOGY OP THE ISLE OP WIGHT. 



Nos. in 

 Fisher's 

 Section. 



Nos. in 



Prest- 



wich's 



Section.t 



Feet. 



IX. 



VIII. 



VII. 



VI. 



(13) 



(12) 



(11) 



V. 

 IV. 



III. 



II. 



(10) 



(9) 



i^) 



(7) 



/ Brownish sandy clay, with shells and pebbles at the 

 bottom. The shelly layer appears to be a lenticular 

 mass, and not to be persistent ... 

 Nummulites variolarius. Ostrea zonulata P. 



Murex minax. 

 Voluta nodosa. 

 Turritella imbricataria. 



sulcifera. 



Natica labellata ?. 

 Nucula subtransversa ?. 

 Tellina plagia?. 

 Pecten 30-radiatus. 



Area. 



Pectunculus pulvinatus. 

 Ohama gigantea. 

 Crassatella compressa. 

 Cardita planicosta. 

 Corbula pisum. 

 Sanguinolaria Hollowaysii. 



Foliated, dark, sandy clays, weathering brown ; with 

 vegetable matter interspersed. There is a layer of 

 casts of shells at the junction with the next bed - 



g Green sand, in which Sanguinolaria Hollowaysii is veiy 

 abundant ------ 



{Nummulites lavigatus occurs in a mass four feet from 



the bottom.) 

 Nummulites Isevigatus. Sanguinolaria Hollowaysii. 



h Light- and dark-coloured green sands, with many shells 

 in the upper part. (A spring at the base of the 

 chff) 



Pecten corneus. 



Mytilus. 



Nucula. 



Leda. 



Lucina. 



Cardita planicosta. 



Tellina plagia. 



Sanguinolaria Hollowaysii 



Solen obliquus. 



Corbula (? Gallica). 



pisum. 



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Nummulites laevigatus. 

 Fusus longsevus. 



pyrus. 



Voluta nodosa. 



spinosa. 



Pleurotoma dentata. 

 Natica (small). 

 Turritella sulcata. 



sulcifera. 



terebellata. 



Calyptrsea trochiformis. 



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Laminated grey clay, with some beds of calcareous 

 green-sand, and a few beds of lignite 



k Calcareous, clayey, green, 



numerous shells in seams. 



into the next bed - 

 Nummulites Isevigatus 



(rare) . 

 Fusus pyrus. 

 Metula (Buccinum) 



juncea. 

 Pleurotoma (small). 

 Voluta nodosa. 

 Natica. 

 Turritella imbricataria ?. 



and iron sand, with 

 The base seems washed 



Calyptrsea trochiformis. 

 Ostrea flabellula. 

 Cardita planicosta. 

 Cytherea lucida. 

 C. suberycinoides. 

 Tellina. 

 Panopaea. 

 Corbula pisum. 



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Alternating beds of green sand and finely laminated 

 clay, weathering grey and brown ; with thin seams 

 of lignite ----__ 



Yellow sand ------ 



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