J. E. BLAKE ON" THE KIMMEKIDGE CLAY OF ENGLAND. 



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Section on the Coast at Kimmeridge (continued). 



Lithology. 



Thickness 



Observations. 



Brought forward. 



16. Cement-stone 



17. Blue clay with indurated band 



18. Cement- stone, dicey 



19. Blue clay 



20. Solid white paper-shale 



21 . Blue clay, with irregular 1 



bands of hard limestone J 



22. Dark papery shales, with 



many indurated bands . . . 



23. Blue dicey clay, with indu- 



rated bands 



24. Cement-stone 



25. Hard blue dicey clay 



26. 



27. 



28. 

 29. 



30. 



31. 



32. 

 33. 



34. 



35. 



37. 



Dark bituminous clay, with 

 courses of speckly lime- 

 stone 



Softer, more laminated 

 shales, with indurated 

 bands 



Blue dicey clay , 



Double hard band, bitu- "I 

 minous j 



Hard blue clay, with indu- \ 

 rated band J 



Cement-stone , 



Dicey clay 



Laminated clays, with in- \ 

 durated bands j 



Cement-stone 



Laminated bituminous shales 



Irregular blue sandy lime- 1 

 stone J 



Clay, with indurated bands 



38. Hard blue slaty beds 



39. Hard blue shales, with in- 



durated bands 



40. Hard bituminous shales, 



with indurated bands ... 



41. Hard blue shale 



42. Cement-stone ... 



43. Hard dicey shale 



ft. 



263 







9 



14 



22 3 



27 6 



3 9 



55 



25 



14 



5 6 



20 



19 3 



1 9 



41 6 



1 6 



11 6 



1 4 



I 

 13 



11 10 | 



20 9] 



9 

 18 6 



651 7 



Thickness partly estimated, not 

 less than this. 



The lower part worked for the 

 shale. 



Am. biplex, Lucina minuscida. 

 Thickness estimated. 



Worked for cement. 



A. biplex, A. Thurmanni, Cardium 

 striatulum, Distinct latissima, 

 Exogyra virgula, Aptychus, 

 Astarte lineata, Lucina mi- 

 nuscida, Area rhomboidalis? 



Cardium striatulum, Biscina 



latissima. 

 Cardium striatulum, Lucina 



minuscula, Exogyra virgula, 



Eostcllaria, sp. 



Cardium striatulum, Exogyra 

 virgula. 



Here the eastern corner of Kimmeridge Bay is reached, and the 

 continuation of the beds is not distinct. There may be a fault 



