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  BINNEY 
  AND 
  ETRKBY 
  ON 
  THE 
  UPPER 
  BEDS 
  

  

  Detailed 
  Section 
  of 
  Strata 
  (continued). 
  

  

  ft. 
  in. 
  

   Brought 
  forward 
  430 
  6 
  

  

  38. 
  Red, 
  pinkish, 
  and 
  light 
  grey 
  shale. 
  (Stigmarian 
  rootlets 
  

  

  and 
  Lepidodendron.) 
  9 
  

  

  39. 
  Purple 
  limestone, 
  argillaceous 
  and 
  hard 
  6 
  

  

  40. 
  Light 
  grey 
  shale 
  1 
  

  

  41. 
  Argillaceous 
  limestone 
  4 
  

  

  42. 
  Red 
  shale 
  2 
  6 
  

  

  43. 
  Reddle 
  or 
  haematite. 
  (Composed 
  of 
  Entoinostraca.) 
  1 
  

  

  44. 
  Grey 
  shale 
  8 
  

  

  45. 
  Dark 
  sandy 
  shale. 
  (Fish-bed.) 
  1 
  

  

  46. 
  Reddish 
  purple 
  sandstone 
  1 
  

  

  47. 
  Red, 
  grey, 
  purple, 
  and 
  pink 
  shales, 
  strong 
  and 
  sandy 
  in 
  

  

  places, 
  soft 
  in 
  others, 
  well 
  laminated, 
  with 
  large 
  dis- 
  

   coidal 
  calcareous 
  concretions, 
  and 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  bands 
  

   of 
  argillaceous 
  limestone. 
  (Anthracomya 
  and 
  plant- 
  

   remains.) 
  36 
  

  

  48. 
  Red 
  and 
  yellowish 
  sandstone, 
  calcareous 
  and 
  hard, 
  of 
  very 
  

  

  irregular 
  structure, 
  with 
  false-bedding 
  and 
  ripple- 
  

   marks. 
  (This 
  bed 
  stands 
  out 
  as 
  a 
  reef 
  rather 
  to 
  the 
  

   west 
  of 
  Muiredge 
  Den, 
  and 
  again 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  

   Buckhaven. 
  Beds 
  7-48 
  are 
  all 
  seen 
  between 
  Methil 
  

   Harbour 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  Muiredge 
  Den.) 
  ... 
  3 
  

  

  49. 
  Red 
  marl, 
  with 
  light 
  green 
  spots 
  above 
  and 
  many 
  cal- 
  

  

  careous 
  concretions 
  below 
  15 
  

  

  50. 
  Yellow 
  sandstone 
  6 
  

  

  51. 
  Red 
  or 
  purplish 
  marl, 
  or 
  fireclay 
  4 
  

  

  52. 
  Faint-red 
  or 
  purplish 
  sandstone* 
  (with 
  light-coloured 
  

  

  bands 
  in 
  places, 
  coarse 
  and 
  gritty 
  below, 
  and 
  with 
  

   quartz-pebbles) 
  12 
  

  

  53. 
  Shale, 
  not 
  clearly 
  seen 
  2 
  

  

  54. 
  Yellow 
  or 
  whitish 
  sandstone 
  above, 
  light 
  red 
  with 
  yellow 
  

  

  bands 
  below 
  11 
  

  

  55. 
  Purple 
  sandy 
  shale, 
  with 
  an 
  irregular 
  band 
  of 
  ochre 
  1 
  6 
  

  

  56. 
  Purple 
  and 
  yellow 
  fireclay, 
  variegated 
  5 
  

  

  57. 
  Yellow 
  and 
  purple 
  sandstone, 
  massive; 
  with 
  1 
  foot 
  of 
  

  

  white 
  sandstone 
  at 
  base 
  9 
  

  

  58. 
  Red 
  shale, 
  with 
  yellow 
  ochreous 
  spots. 
  (Calamites.) 
  10 
  

  

  59. 
  Yellow, 
  white, 
  and 
  red 
  sandstone, 
  with 
  a 
  foot 
  of 
  white 
  

  

  sandstone 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  9 
  

  

  60. 
  Red 
  shaly 
  fireclay, 
  with 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  coarse 
  ochre 
  near 
  the 
  

  

  top 
  

  

  61 
  . 
  Yellow 
  and 
  red 
  sandstone 
  in 
  thin 
  irregular 
  beds 
  3 
  

  

  62. 
  Red 
  shale, 
  coarse 
  2 
  

  

  63. 
  Red 
  sandstone, 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  band 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  4 
  

  

  64. 
  Red 
  and 
  yellow 
  shaly 
  fireclay, 
  with 
  white 
  veins 
  7 
  

  

  65. 
  Light 
  purple 
  (variegated 
  with 
  yellow, 
  red, 
  and 
  white) 
  

  

  fireclay, 
  which 
  in 
  places 
  is 
  very 
  yellow 
  and 
  ochreous. 
  

   (Stigmarian 
  rootlets.) 
  7 
  

  

  66. 
  Red 
  and 
  white 
  sandstone, 
  hard 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  3 
  

  

  67. 
  Red 
  sandy 
  shale 
  1 
  

  

  68. 
  Red 
  fireclay, 
  speckled 
  with 
  white, 
  coarse 
  and 
  sandy 
  in 
  

  

  places 
  7 
  5 
  

  

  69. 
  Red 
  calcareous 
  sandstone, 
  coarse 
  grained, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  

  

  white 
  band 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  3 
  

  

  Carried 
  forward 
  604 
  2 
  

  

  An 
  outcrop 
  of 
  this 
  sandstone 
  is 
  seen 
  in 
  Muiredge 
  Den, 
  near 
  the 
  mouth. 
  

  

  