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THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



PROCEEDINGS 



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THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



November 8, 1865. 



Thomas William Dauby, Esq., B.A., Downing College, Cambridge ; 

 William Poole King, Esq., Avon Side House, Clifton, Bristol ; James 

 L. Lobley, Esq., 50 Lansdowne Eoad, Kensington Park; John 

 Kichardson, Esq., C.E. ; James Clifton Ward, Esq., Clapham Com- 

 mon ; and Samuel Hansard Yockney, Esq., Mem. Inst., C.E., were 

 elected EeUows. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. On the Submerged Eorest-beds of Porloce: Bat. By R. A. C. 

 Godwin- Austen, Esq., E.E.S., Eor. Sec. G.S. 



Contents. 



I. Greology of the District. 

 II. The Forest-beds. 



1. Introduction. 



2. The ShiBgle. 



3. Marine silt. 



4. Surface of Plant-growths. 



5. Blue Mud- deposit. 



6. Submerged Forest. 

 V. Angular detritus. 



III. Conclusion. 



§ I. Geology oe the District. 



PoELOCK Bat is the seaward opening of a small vaUey ; from Hurl- 

 ston across to Gore Point is a distance of about three miles ; its 

 extent inland is five miles. The valley is bounded on the N.N.E. 

 by North HiU (1030 ft.), Grabbist (960 ft.) separating it from the 



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