VALMOZOIC, 



CAEBONIFEKOUS GEOUP. 



Coal 

 Mea- 



SCOTLAND. 



Ked Sandstone se- 

 ries — Nofossih. 

 Coal measures — 

 Coals, Shales, and 

 Ironstones, fossil- 

 iferous. 



NOETHUMBEE- 

 lAND AHD 

 DTJEHAM. 



a. Upper mea- 

 sures with thin 

 Coals. 



b. Middle mea- 

 sures with thick 

 Coals,and Plants. 



e. "LaweT mea- 

 sures or Granister 

 beds with thin 

 Coals. 



LAKCASHIEE, 

 DEEBTSHIBE, AND 

 SOUTH TOEKSHIEE. 



a. Upper measures 

 with Limestones and 

 thin Coals. 



b. Sandstones. 



c. Middle measures 

 mth thick Coals. 



d. Lower measures 

 or Ganister beds with 

 thin Coals. 



SOUTH WAXES, 



CENTEAL AND 



WEST OF 



ENOLAND. 



a. Upper Coal mea- 

 sures with bed of 

 SpirorbisLimestone 

 in places.' 



h. Pennant — Mid- 

 dle Coal measures 

 S. Wales and Bris- 

 tol Coal fields. 



Northern Series. 



Upper and Mid- 

 dle Coal measures 

 with thick Coals. 



Lower Coal mea- 

 sures with Ma- 

 rine Shells. 



lEELAND. 



Southern Scries. 



Middle Coal 

 thick Coals. 



measures with 



Lower Coal measures with thin 

 Coals and Marine Shells. 



Mill- 

 stone 

 Grit. 



Sandstones and 

 Ironstones — Ma- 

 rine Fossils. 



A series of alter- 

 nating Grits and 

 Shales. 



a. Orits and Shales. 



i. Flags (Hasling- 

 ton Flags). 



c. Shales, Grits, and 

 Kinder-Scout Grit. 



Solid Eed and Gray 

 fine-grained Grits 

 and Conglomerates 

 — (here and there 

 thin beds of coal). 



Millstone Grit. Flagstone Series. 



Carb. 

 Iiime- 

 stone 

 Series. 



Coals. 



a. Upper Group — 

 Marine with occa- 

 sional brackish wa- 

 ter deposits. 



b. Middle Group — 

 Coals and Iron- 

 stones, few Marine 

 Fossils, 



Shales. 



c. Lower Group — 

 Coal, Marine. 



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a. Shales — Yore- 

 dale beds. 



b. Shales with thinly 

 bedded hard fine Sand- 

 stones(Toredale Sand- 



Limestones with 

 Coals, Shales, 

 Grits, and Sand- 

 stones. 



c. Black Shales with 

 thin earthy Lime- 

 stones. 



Limestones 

 Shales. 



and 



a. Upper Shales 

 and impure Lime- 

 stones. 



6. Thick bedded 

 Limestones. 



e. Lower Lime- 

 stone Shales, thin 

 bedded Limestones 

 and Sandy Shales. 



a. Sliales with 

 Ironstones, Tel- 

 low Sandstones 

 (Fermanagh). 



Shale Series. 



b. Upper Lime- 

 stone. 



e. Calp or Mid- 

 dle Limestone. 

 Lower Lime- 

 stone. 



Shales, Sand- 

 stones, and Con- 

 glomerates. 



S. W. Counties. 



Carboniferous 

 Limestone. 



S. E. Counties. 



Upper Lime- 

 stone. 



Calp or Mid- 

 dle Lime- 

 stone. 



Lower Lime- 

 stone. 



Lower Carbon- Lower Lime- 

 iferous Slate stone Shales. 

 withCoomhola 

 Grits. 



Calci- 

 ferous 

 Sand- 

 stone 

 Series. 



a. Upper or Ce- 

 ment stone Group 

 — Burdie House 

 beds and Wardie 

 Shales. 



b. Lower Group — 

 E«d Sandstones and 

 Conglomerates. 

 Upper Old Eed 

 Sandstone — ? Car- 



. boniferous. 



White and Gray 

 Sandstones with 

 Greenish Gray 

 Shales, Cement 

 stones and Lime- 

 stones. 



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