GEOLOGIC RELATIONSHIPS IN PARAHYBA 



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It is to be expected, then, that the Conde d'Eu railway, running as it 

 does along the valley of the Parahyba, is near the contact between the 

 Tertiary and Cretaceous beds, and in the absence of paleontologic evi- 

 dence there is no telling whether the sediments forming the hills south 

 of the railway between Parahyba and Espirito Santo belong to the one 

 or the other of these geologic divisions. The beds forming the hilltops 

 nearer the coast are probably all Tertiary, but at the extreme western 

 edge of the sediments one has usually nothing but the lithologic' char- 

 acters of the rock to guide him, and these, as a rule, are not to be de- 

 pended on. > 



RESULTS OF EXAMINATION OF EXPOSURES ALONG THE CONDE D'EU RAILWAY 



The following notes were made in two trips along the railway west of 

 Parahyba and four trips between Cabedello and Parahyba : 



Stations of the Estrada de Ferro Conde d'Eu 



Kilometers. 



Station. 



Elevation 

 above tide 

 (aneroid). 







2 



11 



20 



32 



'46 



46 

 51 

 53 

 66 

 76 

 86 

 96 

 113 

 118 



Molhe (pier) 



Cabedello 



Jacare , 



Parahyba 



Fabrica de Tecidos 



Santa Rita 



Usina S. Joao 



Reis 



Espirito Santo 



Entroncamento 



Cobe 



Sape 



Araga 



Pau Ferro 



M ulungii 



Caxoeira 



Independencia (old Guarabfra) 



Meters. 

 3.0 



' i'.o 

 'b'.i 

 *9.i 



11.5 



94.5 



110.0 



62.5 

 65.5 

 70.0 



The Conde d'Eu railway now runs from Cabedello, 20 kilometers north 

 of the city of Parahyba, to Independencia, formerly called Guarabira, in 

 the interior of the state, a total distance of 118 kilometers. From the 

 accompanying sketch map it will be seen that it follows nearly due west 

 up the Parahyba to Entroncamento 31 kilometers, w T here the main line 

 turns northward and crosses the watershed into the drainage basin of 

 the Rio Mamanguape and ascends the northern side of that stream's 

 basin. 



