1 6 Stather : Fossil if erous Drift Deposits at Kinniiigton. 



rising- eround has been formed bv the erosion of a thick and 

 complex mass of drift. 



The diameter of the second boring- was at first four inches, 

 narrowing- to three inches at a depth of 15 feet. It was found 

 necessary to line the boring- with tubes throughout. 



The section seen in the brickyard and proved in the borehole 

 was as follows : — 



ft. in. 



Surface soil (at 95 feet above O.D) 10 



Clay with foreig^n stones ... ... ... ... ... 40 



Well-worn shingfle, principally of battered flints ... ... 8 o 



Laminated warp with estuarine shells, and at its base a ihm 

 seam of peat associated with a sandy warp containing- 

 freshwater shells in one part of the pitt .. ... ... 18 6 



Clean yellow sand, with pebbles of chalk and flint ... ... 4 9 



Red clay passing- downwards into toug-h reddish brown clay 7 6 

 Purple clay, streaked with silt and loam, passing- down- 

 wards into toug^h purple clay with small stones including- 



some erratics^ . . . 





10 



6 



Stoneless purple clay 





5 



0 



Stoneless yellow clay ... ... .... 





6 



0 



Flinty gravel... 





4 



6 



Yellow clav and loam with small drift pebbles 





5 



0 



Yellow sand, full of well-rounded quartz grains and specks 







of chalk ... 





8 



0 



Yellow sand and laminated clay... 





4 



0 



Toug-h compact lead-coloured clay, with a few 



small foreig^n 







pebbles;;... 





5 



3 



Tough yellow clay streaked with clalk 





I 



0 



Solid chalk and flint ... ... ... .; 





3 



0 





Total 



96 



0 



Mr. Reid has examined the plant remains obtained from the 

 band at the base of the warp and reports ?.s follows: — 'The 

 plant remains belong- to the following- species :- — 



Raniuiciihis sceleratiis Linn. Lapsnna comniimis Linn. 



Eupatoriiini can7iahiiium Linn. Mentha aquatica Linn. 



Aster TripoUuDi Linn. Labiate (much crushed). 



Among the erratic stones which this clay contains the following- were 

 identified : — Basalt, porphyrites, rhomb-porphyry, gfrits, etc. 



t Mr. Clement Reid records from this bed Scrohicidaria piperata, Rissoa 

 iilvcB, Tellina halthica, Cardijun ediih\ Mactra suhtriincata , Mytihis edidis, 

 and -Ahwndviwl foraminifera (see Mem. Geol. Survey, Holderness, p. 58). 



X In g^eneral appearance this clay resembles the purple clay of Hol- 

 derness. Among- the pebbles washed out of 30 lb. of the clay broug-ht up 

 by the augur, chalk and flint greath' predominate, but the following- rocks 

 were also represented :— Red chalk, black flint, Spilsby sandstone, fer- 

 ruginous pebbles, quartz, basalt, and porphyrites, besides many undeter- 

 minable small pebbles. 



I! This clay is hard and toug-h and very different from * and t, both in 

 texture and colour. It resembles in colour the basement clay of Holderness. 

 The pebbles are smaller in size than in and there is a still higfher propor- 

 tion of chalk and flint. Among the erratic pebbles the following are 

 recognisable :— Basalt, porphyrite, sandstone, black flint, grit, quartz, etc. 



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