Comparative Vertical Sections of the Oligocene Strata of the Hampshire Basin. 

 (Scale, f inch to 100 feet.) 



East End of Isle of Wight. West End of Isle of Wight. New Forest. 



Hempstead Series 

 (marine). 



Upper Bem'iridge 

 Marls. 



Corbula-heaa. ^^s 



Cerithiuni-'beds. 



W 



g 

 w 



pq 



Bembridge Lime- 

 stone. 



Lower Bembridge 

 Marls. 



Bbockenhuest 

 Series (marine). 



Freshwater Clays 

 &c., with lignites 



Freshwater Marls. 



Black band. 

 "'"•••-... Marls 



Sands. 



Sands and Clays. 



BAKTOxCLAY(marine) 



Sands and Lime- 

 stones of Ward 

 en Point and 

 Headon Hill 



Clays of 

 Totland Bay. 



Brackish- water Beds 



Clays with Lignite s 



White band. 



II. 



3EH: 





Sand 



Clays and 

 Limestones. 



■fcy. 



^H 



Sands 



III. 



IV. 



I. Horizon of Plant-remains described by Mr. Pengelly and Prof. Heer ; II. Horizon 

 of bed containing Insect and Crustacean remains discovered by Mr. A'Court Smith ; 

 HI. Horizon of bed 'containing Orocodihan and other Reptilian remains at Hordwell ; 

 IV. Horizon of bed with Mammalian remains at Hordwell. 



