30 ICE RECESSION IX NEW ENGLAND 



68. — ii}4 miles NNE of Hanover, 300 yards NE of Northboro 

 station, clay pit on the eastern side of the Connecticut 

 River. 



About 10 feet sand and silt. 



About 10 feet clay with very thin varves becoming sandy 



upwards, not measured. 

 Varves 6867-7021. Average thickness about ]4> inch. The 

 thicknesses not characteristic, and the profile of little value. 

 Disturbed zone: silt with rests of thick varves. 

 Depth to substratum unknown. 



Series measured: (6867-7021). 



69. — 1^4 miles E of locality 68, bluff on Clay Brook. 



Silt. 



15 feet clay with very thin varves, not measured. 

 Varves 6857-6957, on the average K to^ inch thick. Thick- 

 nesses not characteristic. 

 Disturbed quicksand. 

 Depth to bottom unknown. 



Series measured: (6857-6957). 



70. — 11 miles SSW of Woodsville, N. H., 1 mile NE of Bradford, 

 Yt., bluff on the eastern side of the Connecticut River, 

 back of a cemetery. 

 Sand. 

 Varve clay. High and fine exposure, not measured on account 



of lack of time. 

 Varve clay, measured down to river level, from varve 7041 

 and upward exceedingly fat. Lamination good. Varve 6901, 

 if not bottom varve, is practically so. Varves 6901-6903 

 consist of quicksand. Varve 6901 is more than 2 feet, 

 varve 6902 6% inches, and 6903 10K inches thick. 



Series measured: 6901-71 12. 



71. — 10 miles SSW of Woodsville, 3 miles SW of Haverhill 



station, ravine on the western side of the road, close to 



the bend of the Connecticut River, just N of a farmhouse. 



High section with some slidden zones. On account of lack of 



time only a few bottom varves were measured. The clay 



rests on till. Varve 6904 is bottom varve. 



Series measured: (6904-6912, 6027-6936). 



