184 



OLDER PLIOCENE. 



Depth in feet 



below surface 



<56ft. below 



sea-level). 



Nature of strata. 



Remarks. 



395 "415 



415 "416 



416 " 430 

 430 " 435 

 435 " 450 



450 " 455 



455 "470 



470 " 500 



500 " 520 

 520 to 525 

 525 " 550 

 550 " 570 

 570 "572 



572 "595 

 595 "605 



605 " 655 

 655 " 720 



720 " 795 



795 " 800 



Grey sharp sand, with small 

 angular gravel and shell-chips 



Hard blue calcareous sand- 

 stone, with shells. 



Grey sharp sand, with shell- 

 chips. 



Greyish-brown sharp sand, with 

 small shell-fragments. 



White, medium-grained, fairly 

 well-rounded sand, mixed 

 with sharp shell-debris. 



Black and grey, fine sand ; 

 shell-chips rare. 



Grey sharp sand, with small 

 angular gravel and shell- 

 chips. 



White sharp sand, with small 

 sharp gravel and broken 

 shells 



Greyish - brown sharp sand, 



with small shell-fragments. 

 Shelly gravel, with white sand. 



Very fine grey sand ; shelly 

 chips very rare. 



Fine, grey, sharp sand, with 

 some shell- debris. 



Fine grey sand-rock, with 

 much comminuted shell- 

 debris. 



Very fine grey sand. 



Fine grey sand and sand rock 

 and shelly fragments. 



Yellow gritty calcareous sand. 



Yellowish - grey calciferous 

 sand and sand-rock. 



Very tenacious blue claj- , with 

 foraminifera and small nests 

 of iron-pyrites. 



Sandstone. 



(Ostrea Awjasi, Pecfimculus 

 ohliquus, P. coni'exHs, Lim- 

 opsis Belchtri, Crassatdla 

 ohlomja, Mesalia Prorisi, 

 Cassis fmhriatus ; Orhito- 

 lite.s complanatus. 



Pectuncuhis ohliquufi. Small 



gastropods. 

 rOnly small mollusca entire, 



some with colour ; La(/a- 

 [ niuji; Or6^7o/i^e.s', abundant. 

 Ostrea Angaai. 



' ^arditta Preissi, Cuculkt^a 

 Corioensix, Limponis Bel- 

 cheri, Lucina quadri^ulcata^ 

 Ostrea A ngaai, PeHcaria 

 Mesalia Provid ; Cassis 

 fmhriatus, Crassatella oh- 

 longa, Mdeagrina crassi- 

 cardia 



Fragments of large C.elloporm 

 abundant. 



Ostrea, Sjjondylus, polyzoa ; 

 Ditrypa [common). 



yatica ba/feafa, Corhula epha- 

 milla, Ostrea Angasi, Ditry- 

 pa, Echinus. 



f Ostrea, Cucullo^a, Perten anti- 

 I australis, P. spondyloides, 

 \ Lucina quadrisulcata, Sili- 

 quaria, TurriteJla, Ditrypa, 

 I Echinus, Laganum. 

 Water at 630ft., rising to 



20ft. from surface. 

 Foraminifera ; fragments of 

 polyzoa, echinoids and Di- 

 trypa. 



