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  H. 
  T. 
  BEOWX 
  027 
  THE 
  PEE3TIA2T 
  

  

  Pig. 
  3. 
  — 
  Section 
  at 
  Swadlincote*, 
  

  

  Lower 
  Eeuper 
  

   Bunter 
  

  

  Permian 
  

  

  Coal-measures 
  

   a. 
  Breccias. 
  

  

  Bunter 
  — 
  

   ft. 
  in. 
  ft. 
  

   5 
  0to8 
  

  

  Buff-coloured 
  Sandstones. 
  c. 
  Bed 
  and 
  white 
  marls. 
  

  

  ft. 
  in. 
  ft, 
  

   4 
  

  

  Permian 
  

  

  ft. 
  in. 
  ft. 
  in. 
  

  

  26 
  6 
  to 
  27 
  6 
  

  

  5 
  

   4 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  0to8 
  

   OtoO 
  

   6 
  

  

  3 
  

   

  

  3 
  

   3 
  

  

  {Soil 
  and 
  disturbed 
  ground 
  

   Pebbly 
  Conglomerate 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  thin 
  beds 
  

   of 
  coarse 
  sandstone 
  

  

  /'Sandstone, 
  soft 
  and 
  light 
  buff-colour 
  

  

  Bed 
  and 
  Grey 
  Clay, 
  becoming 
  sandy 
  upwards. 
  

   Sandstone, 
  grey, 
  tinged 
  with 
  red 
  ; 
  evenly 
  bed- 
  

   ded, 
  fissile 
  and 
  beautifully 
  ripple 
  -marked 
  . 
  

  

  Light 
  clay 
  parting 
  

  

  Breccia 
  ; 
  divided 
  in 
  middle 
  by 
  1^ 
  in. 
  clay 
  

  

  and 
  sand 
  parting 
  3 
  

  

  Sandstone 
  with 
  clay 
  parting. 
  Contains 
  small 
  

  

  angular 
  fragments 
  of 
  rock 
  

  

  Red 
  Clav 
  with 
  3f 
  in. 
  band 
  of 
  fine 
  breccia, 
  

  

  3 
  ft. 
  from 
  top 
  11 
  

  

  Grey 
  argillaceous 
  Sand, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  small 
  

  

  angular 
  pebbles 
  passing 
  into 
  

  

  Breccia 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  hard 
  ferruginous 
  "cank" 
  

   stone 
  at 
  base. 
  This 
  " 
  cank 
  " 
  stone 
  is 
  eroded 
  

  

  and 
  impersistent 
  2 
  

  

  ( 
  Dark 
  purple 
  and 
  variegated 
  Clays 
  containing 
  

   large 
  nodules 
  of 
  haematite 
  of 
  various 
  de- 
  

   grees 
  of 
  purity 
  6 
  

  

  Black 
  pvritous 
  Shales 
  3 
  

  

  Coal 
  1 
  

  

  Fire-clay 
  (about) 
  15 
  

  

  Coal 
  1 
  

  

  Fire-clay 
  (about) 
  8 
  

  

  Coal 
  

  

  1 
  Fire-clay 
  

  

  * 
  Fig. 
  3 
  represents 
  this 
  section 
  as 
  it 
  appeared 
  in 
  1887 
  ;. 
  and 
  Plate 
  I. 
  is 
  a 
  repro- 
  

   duction 
  of 
  a 
  photograph 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  open 
  working 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1888. 
  

  

  S 
  

  

  8 
  

  

  Coal-measures. 
  

  

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