SECTION OF MIDDLE BAGSHOT BEDS, 
SHOWING DETAILS OBTAINED DURING EXxcAyATIONS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 
Wick Hinu, FINcHAMPSTEAD, AND IN CALIFORNIA BRICK-YARD. 
Feet. 
| Pebbly drift of the hillslope 1.4 . 4 to 2 
Loamy sand nearly white above, brown 
below, bedding irregular, green grains 
near the bottom Bape an Nope BD yo) Axe) 
Green sand with very well defined seams 
of purple clay (7. W. Dzafoms).. . .to 9 
Alayerofbogiron-ore .....4.. 
abe me 
Stiff clay, strongly laminated, deep purple 
and chocolate-coloured. . . . . . .to15 
coloured below, coarsely laminated, 
with patches of green sand and irony 
nodules plottce oD oh 6. 6. 1! oOZO 
| 
| 
ry clay, nearly black above, drab- 
\ 
Brows irony loam with much pronounced 
green Sand in rough layers and pockets. to 26 
Nos. 7 & 8 
=D rifts 
\ Irregularly bed- 
| ded sand, with 
b seams of clay, 
with a pseudo- 
J dip to the N..to 31 
| 
‘Mild clay’ (makes 
inferior bricks) 
more sandy in 
lower part. 
Proved to above 
15 feet in pit 
excavations 3 
the remainder 
in two wells 
at the engine- 
house . . .to51 
NOS. 9 & IO ssesssssesesne Co csseeeees worsccesee 
Grey green dirty 
sand, rather 
‘soapy,’ yield- 
ing water 
plentitully. .to 57 
| 
| 
| 
Sub-section 
in bk. yd. 
* (Nos. as in Section fig. 1, Q.J.G.S. vol. xli. p. 404.) The bracketing on the left- 
) 
MIDDLE BAGSHOT. 
LOWER 
BAGSHOT. 
= 
hand 
side of the figure must be regarded as tentative. In Q.J.G.S. (vol. xliv. p. 172) reasons 
are given for assigning the stiff, chocolate-coloured clays to bed No. 7. 
