FOSSILIFEROUS LOCALITIES—-NORTH SHORE. F 355 
This flora appears not to indicate a higher stage than that of locality 
“8B,” nor can it be later than locality “C” of the section. Stratigraph- 
ically, it is probably several hundred feet lower than “C.” Assuming 
that it belongs in the Atane series, we are still in ignorance as to the 
thickness of the interval between it and the nearly horizontal Kome 
beds to the east, since a fault intervenes; but if we assume that the 
shales with Pinus cramer in the bed of the glacial stream are at the top 
of the Kome series, the horizon of this flora will be about 200 feet above 
the base of the Atane series. It is possible that it and the flora from 
locality “B” are only a few hundred feet higher than the Kome beds 
on the shore; or, in other words, that the dislocation at the fault is not 
ereat. The presence of the fault implies structural forces that may readily 
account for the slight generally prevailing easterly dips in the Kome 
series east of Ujarartorsuak and the rapid disappearance of these beds to 
the westward. 
In coasting westward from Ujarartorsuak, or the Slibestensfield region, 
the basalt cap appears to descend, slightly truncating the cream or light 
colored sedimentary beds below. This apparent unconformity of the 
Tertiary basalt demands further observation and evidence. Steenstrup, 
who published a photograph and profile* of the coast at Hkorefat 
(Ekkorfat, Ivnarsunguak ), states that the sedimentaries rise to 2,650 feet, 
although Nordenskiold + gives the thickness as but 1,220 feet. It is pos- 
sible that this is another of the not rare instances of difference of state- 
ment due to confusion of geographical names and uncertainty as to the 
precise points to which the names apply. 
At Ekorgfat, as at Kaersut, an extensive mass of the old crystallines, 
630 feet in height, is laid bare. Against this series abuts the Cretace- 
ous, from which Nordenskiold collected plants at an elevation of about 
600 feet above tide, while Steenstrup found amber and plant material 
near sea level. Thirty-three species were reported by Heer? in the collec- 
tions from Ekorgfat. No dicotyledons occur here, and no doubt has 
arisen as to the Kome age of the beds at this the supposed most westerly 
exposure of that series, although it is some distance west of the Upper 
Cretaceous exposed at Ujarartorsuak. 
The basalt at Ekorgfat is said to rise to an altitude of 5,750 feet above 
tide. 
Saviarkat.—W est of Ekorgfat the slopes are largely concealed by loose 
material, perhaps Pleistocene in age.§ In the ravines are seen limited 
exposures of dark shales, which appear at varying elevations and in- 
* Heer: Fl. Foss. Arct., vii, frontispiece, and p. 237, text-fig. Meddel., y, pp. 58, 59, text-fig. 
+ Geol. Mag., vol. ix, 1872, p. 450. 
{ Fl. Foss. Arct., vii, p. 153. 
2See Steenstrup in Heer: Fl. Foss. Aret., vii, p. 238, text fig. 
