DEPOSITED IN WATER. 
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is the greatest. The upper end of Wensleydale is therefore adopted. 
The total thickness of the upper limestone series in this situation is 
about one thousand feet, and it consists of the following groups con- 
stituting what I term the Yoredale Series. 
Feet. 
Scale of thickness. 
Names of beds. 
Main Limestone 
Laminated grit 
Coal of Cotter fell 
Plate and some ironstone 
Underset Limestone 
Laminated grit 
Flagstone of Cotter fell ... 
Principal groups. 
- Cam or upper scar limestones. 
Plates and grits 
■’»< W////MW7/ Strong gritstone 
Plates and grits 
” Impure productal Limestone 
Coal of Lund’s thorn ... 
k 
30 j \ \ }— J- Middle Limestone 
Stron S gritstone 
- Flagstone beds of Hawes 
150< 
/ //////////// // //// l< Gritstone of Millgill force 
yf / 7 Laminated grits and plates 
20 || f, v) ,| f, ff|| Simonside Limestone .. 
r V7///////////////// 
Flagstone of West Witton 
Plate 
100 '' 
40 
^//Z ////////////// Grit 
Mil) I 
) Hardrow Limestone ... 
\m^mm «— • 
100 
Plate and ironstone of Gale 
Hawes flagstone group. 
Black limestone group. 
Lower Scar Limestone Series, 
of which 240 feet are exposed in Wensleydale. 
