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Section in gravel-pit, Kempsey. 
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Surface of ground. ft 
(1) Light-red loam, with a few pebbles .........seessesssseeeens soe 
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(4) Fine light-red sand and gravel ..............:sceseeeeseceeecnenees 
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(6) Fine light-red sand (obliquely laminated) and gravel......... 
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(8) Fine light-red sand (laminated obliquely), gravel, and large 
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(10) Fine light-red gravel and sand (obliquely laminated)......... 1 
(11) Red sand, containing lumps of red marl ................-+0000e- 0 
(12) Fine er avel and sand, containing a large proportion of 
greenish-coloured pebbles, with many large pebbles inter- 
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(13) Clean red sand and shingly gravel, containing pebbles about 
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Uneren surface of basement rock of red marl. -——— 
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Section in a gravel-pit near Hawford Bridge. 
A compact bed of gravel, made up of large and small pebbles of 
the ordinary type; and dark-red loamy sand. In the upper 
part of the bed were carbonaceous seams, about 2 inches thick, 
dipping at a slight angle towards the river............cssssceveoes 15 0 
New red marl. 
Composition of the gravel.—tThe pebbles which form the chief con- 
stituents of the gravels of the Severn valley between Bewdley and 
Tewkesbury are composed of a greenish slaty-coloured rock, contain- 
ing veins of white quartz, the presence of which distinguishes them 
in great measure from the “ general quartzose drift” of the Avon 
district, of white quartz, felstone, and a few flints. The occurrence 
of boulders and pebbles of grey pophyritic granite is most frequent 
in the upper portions of the valley. 
Modern alluvium.—This deposit appears to be the only one of 
proved freshwater origin which has hitherto been found in the 
Severn valley between Shrewsbury and Tewkesbury. It consists of 
a bed of silt, to all appearance like that of the Avon valley. Mr. 
Maw has kindly supplied me with the following details of a boring 
made near the edge of the river’s bank, close by Buildwas railway 
bridge. 
ft. in 
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(4) Gravel similar to that at Buildwas station. Freshwater 
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Basement rock Wenlock shale, at a depth of 7 ft. below the river’s 
surface. 
