﻿OP 
  THE 
  FIFESB.IRE 
  COAL-MEASUEES. 
  253 
  

  

  Detailed 
  Section 
  of 
  Strata 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  Coast 
  between 
  the 
  River 
  

   Leven 
  and 
  East 
  Wemyss 
  *. 
  

  

  ft. 
  in. 
  

  

  1. 
  Eed 
  and 
  purplish 
  sandstone, 
  rather 
  fine-grained, 
  soft 
  and 
  

  

  false-bedded. 
  (Seen 
  opposite 
  to 
  Innerleven 
  and 
  west- 
  

   ward 
  towards 
  Methil, 
  but 
  not 
  wholly 
  exposed.) 
  200 
  

  

  2. 
  Eed 
  marl, 
  stained 
  with 
  yellow 
  in 
  places 
  12 
  

  

  3. 
  Fine-grained 
  marly 
  red 
  sandstone, 
  full 
  of 
  light-coloured, 
  

  

  slightly 
  calcareous 
  concretions, 
  the 
  latter 
  prevailing 
  

   so 
  much 
  in 
  some 
  parts 
  as 
  to 
  change 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  

  

  the 
  rock, 
  and 
  passing 
  into 
  No. 
  4 
  12 
  

  

  4. 
  Red 
  sandstone, 
  fine-grained 
  and 
  false-bedded 
  (forming 
  

  

  the 
  rock 
  on 
  which 
  is 
  built 
  the 
  east 
  pier 
  of 
  Methil 
  

  

  Harbour) 
  20 
  

  

  5. 
  A 
  soft 
  bed, 
  said 
  to 
  lie 
  in 
  the 
  fairway 
  of 
  the 
  harbour, 
  which 
  

  

  we 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  10 
  

  

  6. 
  Eed 
  sandstone, 
  blotched 
  with 
  yellow 
  at 
  the 
  top, 
  fine- 
  

  

  grained, 
  thick 
  and 
  cross-bedded. 
  (The 
  West 
  Beacon 
  

  

  rock.) 
  33 
  

  

  7. 
  Yellow 
  and 
  red 
  sandstone, 
  thin-bedded 
  3 
  

  

  8. 
  Eed 
  shale, 
  sandy 
  and 
  soft 
  6 
  

  

  9. 
  Eed 
  sandstone, 
  laminated 
  4 
  

  

  10. 
  Eed 
  marl, 
  speckled 
  with 
  green 
  15 
  

  

  11. 
  Eeddish 
  purple 
  sandstone 
  3 
  

  

  12. 
  Eed 
  shale. 
  (Stigmarian 
  rootlets.) 
  2 
  

  

  13. 
  Eed 
  sandstone 
  3 
  

  

  14. 
  Eed, 
  purple, 
  and 
  yellow 
  shale, 
  variegated 
  1 
  

  

  15. 
  Variegated 
  sandstone, 
  hard 
  8 
  

  

  16. 
  Eed 
  marl, 
  blotched 
  with 
  green 
  and 
  yellow 
  at 
  the 
  top, 
  

  

  and 
  very 
  red 
  in 
  places 
  below. 
  (Neuropteris 
  and 
  Lepido- 
  

  

  dendron.) 
  8 
  

  

  17. 
  Brownish 
  purple 
  sandstone 
  8 
  

  

  18. 
  Eed 
  marl, 
  full 
  of 
  small 
  calcareous 
  concretions 
  6 
  

  

  19. 
  Eed 
  shale 
  with 
  strong 
  sandy 
  bands 
  7 
  

  

  20. 
  Eed 
  shale 
  with 
  yellow 
  streaks, 
  laminated 
  3 
  

  

  21. 
  Purple 
  red 
  shale, 
  firm, 
  and 
  with 
  green 
  spots 
  4 
  

  

  22. 
  Eed 
  marl 
  or 
  fireclay 
  15 
  

  

  23. 
  Purplish 
  sandstone, 
  spotted 
  with 
  green 
  1 
  

  

  24. 
  Purple 
  and 
  red 
  marl, 
  with 
  whitish 
  blotches 
  (at 
  top) 
  and 
  

  

  concretions 
  of 
  irregular 
  shape. 
  (Ferns.) 
  12 
  

  

  25. 
  Eed 
  stone, 
  hard 
  and 
  flinty 
  . 
  . 
  1 
  6 
  

  

  26. 
  Eed, 
  pinkish, 
  purple, 
  and 
  greenish 
  shale 
  and 
  fireclay, 
  

  

  with 
  hard 
  concretions. 
  (Calamites, 
  Stigmarian 
  root- 
  

   lets, 
  &c.) 
  14 
  6 
  

  

  27- 
  Purple 
  and 
  greenish 
  sandstone 
  8 
  

  

  28. 
  Purple, 
  red, 
  and 
  greenish 
  shale. 
  (Plants, 
  fish, 
  and 
  

  

  Crustacean 
  remains.) 
  10 
  6 
  

  

  29. 
  Coarse 
  coal 
  2 
  

  

  30. 
  Grey 
  fireclay, 
  with 
  red 
  spots. 
  (Stigmarian 
  rootlets.) 
  4 
  

  

  31. 
  Grey 
  and 
  purple 
  shale, 
  laminated 
  2 
  

  

  32. 
  Purple 
  and 
  grey 
  limestone 
  6 
  

  

  33. 
  Grey 
  and 
  purple 
  shale. 
  {Neuropteris, 
  Stigmarian 
  root- 
  

  

  lets, 
  &c.) 
  2 
  

  

  34. 
  Argillaceous 
  limestone 
  9 
  

  

  35. 
  Coarse 
  coal 
  3 
  

  

  36. 
  Greenish 
  grey 
  fireclay. 
  (Stigmarian 
  rootlets.) 
  1 
  6 
  

  

  37. 
  Grey 
  sandstone, 
  stained 
  with 
  red 
  at 
  top, 
  soft 
  and 
  shaly 
  ... 
  36 
  

  

  Carried 
  forward 
  430 
  6 
  

  

  * 
  Taken 
  about 
  midway 
  between 
  high- 
  and 
  low-water 
  mark. 
  

  

  