﻿BEER 
  HEAD 
  AND 
  THE 
  ADJACENT 
  CLIFE- 
  SECTION'S. 
  379 
  

  

  Bed 
  16. 
  — 
  Hard, 
  nodular, 
  sandy 
  chalk, 
  without 
  flints 
  ; 
  semi- 
  

   crystalline 
  in 
  structure. 
  (The 
  Bastard 
  Freestone 
  of 
  the 
  Beer 
  

   quarries.) 
  

  

  Thickness 
  variable 
  : 
  8 
  ft. 
  at 
  White 
  Cliff, 
  14 
  ft. 
  at 
  Beer 
  quarries, 
  

   14 
  ft. 
  at 
  Beer 
  Head, 
  3 
  ft. 
  at 
  Dunscombe. 
  

  

  Prevailing 
  fossil 
  — 
  Inoceramus 
  mytiloides, 
  Sow. 
  

  

  May 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  part 
  at 
  White 
  Cliff, 
  in 
  the 
  Beer 
  quarries, 
  and 
  in 
  

   face 
  of 
  cliffs 
  to 
  west 
  of 
  Beer 
  Head. 
  Passes 
  out 
  in 
  top 
  of 
  cliff 
  to 
  

   east 
  of 
  Salcombe 
  Mouth. 
  

  

  Fossils 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Ananchytes 
  subglobosus, 
  LesJce 
  BH. 
  

  

  Cidaris, 
  sp 
  BH. 
  

  

  Discoidea 
  subuculus, 
  Klein 
  BH. 
  BQ. 
  

  

  Echinocyphus 
  difficilis, 
  Ag 
  BH. 
  

  

  Echinoconus 
  (G-alerites) 
  castaneus, 
  Brongn 
  BH. 
  

  

  Micraster 
  cor-bovis, 
  Forbes 
  Ax. 
  

  

  Salenia 
  umbrella, 
  Ag 
  BH. 
  

  

  Inoceramus 
  Brongniarti, 
  Sow 
  Br. 
  

  

  mytiloides, 
  Sow 
  Br. 
  Ax. 
  

  

  Rhynchonella 
  plicatilis, 
  Soiv., 
  var 
  Beer. 
  

  

  Cuvieri, 
  Brongn 
  Beer. 
  

  

  Bed 
  17. 
  — 
  Marly 
  and, 
  in 
  places, 
  nodular 
  chalk, 
  with 
  flints. 
  Chalk 
  

   veined 
  with 
  bands 
  of 
  pale 
  grey 
  or 
  yellow. 
  Flints 
  finger-like, 
  dis- 
  

   persed. 
  At 
  base 
  a 
  zone 
  of 
  large 
  flints. 
  

  

  Thickness 
  about 
  10 
  ft. 
  

  

  Characteristic 
  fossils 
  — 
  Inoceramus 
  mytiloides, 
  Sow., 
  and 
  Micraster 
  

   cor-bovis, 
  Forbes. 
  

  

  This 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  chalk 
  with 
  flints 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  at 
  White 
  Cliff, 
  

   Beer, 
  Beer 
  Head, 
  Branscombe, 
  and 
  Weston. 
  It 
  passes 
  out 
  near 
  the 
  

   top 
  of 
  cliff 
  to 
  east 
  of 
  Dunscombe. 
  

  

  Fossils 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Ananchytes 
  subglobosus, 
  LesJce 
  BH. 
  

  

  Cidaris 
  (allied 
  to 
  C. 
  clavigera, 
  Mant., 
  spines 
  and 
  

  

  portions 
  of) 
  Br. 
  

  

  Discoidea 
  subuculus, 
  Klein 
  BH. 
  

  

  Echinoconus 
  (Gralerites) 
  subrotundus, 
  Mantell. 
  ... 
  Ax. 
  

  

  Micraster 
  cor-bovis, 
  Forbes 
  Ax. 
  

  

  Pseudodiadema 
  Michelini, 
  Ag 
  Ax. 
  BH. 
  

  

  Salenia 
  petalifera, 
  Desm 
  BH. 
  

  

  Enerinite 
  (portions 
  of) 
  Br. 
  

  

  Oreaster 
  (portions 
  of) 
  Br. 
  

  

  Inoceramus 
  Brongniarti, 
  Soto 
  Axm. 
  Br. 
  

  

  mytiloides, 
  Soiv 
  Br. 
  

  

  Bhynchonella 
  Cuvieri, 
  Brongn 
  W. 
  

  

  Terebratula 
  semiglobosa 
  (var. 
  subundata), 
  Sow. 
  ... 
  BH. 
  

  

  Bed 
  18. 
  — 
  Chalk 
  with 
  numerous 
  flints, 
  mostly 
  in 
  layers. 
  Chalk 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  nodular. 
  

  

  Thickness 
  about 
  40 
  ft. 
  

  

  Characteristic 
  fossils- 
  — 
  Holaster 
  planus, 
  Mant., 
  and 
  Inoceramus 
  

   Brongniarti, 
  Sow. 
  

  

  Occupies 
  a 
  considerable 
  part 
  of 
  sections 
  at 
  White 
  Cliff, 
  Beer, 
  Beer 
  

  

  