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The Cypress Sandstone. CjqDress sandstone is the name 

 applied to the massive, usually non-bedded, sandstone, over- 

 lying the Beech Creek limestone. This sandstone is the most 



FlG. 2. Bluff on Cliftr Creek, showing contact of the Beech Creek 

 limestone and the Cypress sandstone. This part of the post-glacial stream 

 is now being abandoned in favor of subterranean drainage. Photograph 

 by P. B. Stockdale. 



persistent sandstone of the Chester Series, and is only locally 

 absent, shale being sometimes substituted for it where its 



