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graphic position of the beds makes it seem possible that they belong to 

 the Tertiary. 



Figure 5.—Cabo Branco. 



GENERAL GEOLOGIC RELATIONSHIPS 



We have, then, in the state of Parahyba about the same geology that 

 we have at Olinda, Maria Farinha, Iguarassu, and Itamaraca, namely, 

 sedimentary beds of both Cretaceous and Tertiary ages dipping gently 

 seaward. 



