Limestone Belts of Westchester County, N. Y. 871 
grounds for the following statements. 
The limestones and adjoining schists of Westchester County— 
(1) are one in series and system of disturbance. 
1. The Limestone and adjoining Schists one in series. 
From the facts presented on the map and in the preceding 
pages, and better from the special details as to the position of 
the beds and kinds of rocks given beyond in the Appendix, 
the important conclusion is derived that, throughout the 
county, the limestone of the several areas is conformable in its 
bedding to the schists which in each case adjoin it. There 
are contortions in the limestone, and in many places also in the 
schists; but this is so because such uplifting necessarily 
involved a warping of the beds, and was often attended also by 
