22 ICE RECESSION IN NEW ENGLAND 



39. — - J /2 mile N of locality 38, slide in a ravine 100 yards \V of 

 the river. 



The distinctly laminated silt is covered by 8 feet of sandy silt. 

 The accessible section begins 25 feet above the river level, 

 the lower part being covered. The average thickness of the 

 varves is somewhat less than a foot. 



Series measured : (6086-6136). 



40. — Charlestown. N. H.. bluff on the Connecticut River direcrly 

 W cf the railroad station. 



7 feet river gravel. 



Yarve silt with some disturbed zones. Average thickness of 



varves 8 to 10 inches. 

 More than 7 feet glacial gravel. 



Series measured: (6007-6034, 6069-6083). 



Yarve 6007 is bottom varve. 



41. — 5 miles SSW of Claremont, N. H., bluff on Little Sugar 

 River 600 yards \Y of North Charlestown station. 



4 feet coarse gravel, in which boulders 4 to 8 inches in diameter 

 constitute half the deposit. Several boulders are a foot in 

 diameter. One block measured 1 foot 4 inches. 



1 foot sand. 



Discordance. 



Yarve sand extending to unknown depth below river level. 

 Average thickness of varves 10 inches. 



Measurements include one series of 50 and another of 

 30 varves from the same horizon. The series are not 

 connected with the normal cur^e. 



The gravel at the top is probably outwash indicating 

 a readvance of the ice edge (cf. p. 81). 



42. — yi mile NNE of locality 81, sand pit on the highway to 

 Claremont. 



Silt with varves on an average 7 inches thick. 



Series measured: 25 varves corresponding to the series 

 at locality 41. 



