OP THE CARBONIFEROUS SERIES. 



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>oniferous Formations. 



ND. 



South. 



bsent (through de- 

 nudation). 



einster Coal-field, 

 from " the Jarrow 

 Coal " upwards. 



ower Coal-measures 

 of Leinster, Modu- 

 beagh, Tollerton, 

 Skehana and Slieve- 

 ardagh, &c. 



lagstone series of 

 Carlow, Kilkenny, 

 Clare, &c. 



Sbale series " of Car- 

 low, Kilkenny, Clare 

 &c. 



arboniferous Lime- 

 stone, in three di- 

 visions. 



iower Carboniferous 

 slate (in part) with 

 Coomhola grits. 



Scotland. 



Central. 



Upper red sandstones 

 of Bothwell &c. 

 Ayrshire beds with 

 Spirorbis Limestone. 



" Flat-coal " series or 

 "Upper Coal series" 

 of Scotland with 

 thick coals. 



Beds on the horizon 

 of " the Slaty-band " 

 ironstone ? 



"Moorstone rock" and 

 Roslin sandstone. 



•'' Upper Limestone 

 series " resting on 

 " Lower coal and 

 ironstone series " ? 



Continental. 



Belgium and Germany. 



" Lower Limestone 

 series" of Gilmer- 

 ton, Roman camp, 



&c. 



Calciferous Sandstone 

 series in two groups. 



Possibly present in 

 the Belgian and 

 Saarbriick Coal- 

 fields. 



Main Coal-measures 

 of Belgium, Saar- 

 briick, Westphalia, 

 Saxony, and Silesia, 

 &c. 



Schistes de Lens, 

 Auchy-au-Bois, 

 Chokier. Bottom 

 shales of the Coal- 

 measures of Silesia, 

 &c. 



Generally absent in 

 Belgium. Flotz- 

 leerer Sandstein of 

 Germany. 



Calcaire de Vise. 

 Bruchberg crinoi- 

 dal sandstone 



(Harz)? 



Conditions of 

 Deposition. 



Essentially estuarine 

 and lacustrine, with 

 intrusions of the sea 

 at long intervals. 



Carboniferous Lime- 

 stone of Belgium 

 (Calc. de Dinant, 

 Calc. de Tournai), 

 France, Germany, 

 Russia, &c. 



Psammites du Con- 

 droz, " Schistes de 

 Tournai," and 



" Kiesel - Schiefer," 

 &c. " Jiingere 



Grauwacke'' of the 

 Vosges and of the 

 Schwarzwald. 



Essentially marine, 

 rarely estuarine. 

 (Sea shallower than 

 in Stage B.) 



Essentially marine, 

 and deep-sea beds 

 (except occasionally 

 in Scotland, where 

 lacustrine or estua- 

 rine beds occur). 



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