Stockdale: Stylolites 



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27. Semi-diagrammatic sketch of stylolites in the Salem limestone, 

 showing blue portions of the lower stratum penetrated by buff columns 



of the upper layer G I 



28. Example of a brachiopod shell partially penetrated by a column of a 

 small stylolite-seam 02 



29. Alussel shells pierced by stylolites 62 



30. Large shells, in Tennessee marble, penetrated by stylolites 63 



31. Diagram of a stromatoporoid penetrated by a series of stylolites. ... 63 



32. Two parallel stylolite-seams of the Salem limestone, which, in places, 

 touch and partially penetrate one another 65 



33. Example of an older, curved stylolite pierced by a younger, vertical 

 one 66 



34. Stylolites of the Salem limestone, showing a double clay parting, 

 separated by a thin layer of limestone 84 



35. Diagram of a branching stylolite-seam in the Mitchell limestone 87 



36. Branching stylolite-seam in the Salem limestone 87 



