Unit No. |
Description |
Thickness |
10
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Characteristic upper Altamont, this does not show complete thickness, light gray brittle limestone, weathers with brachiopods. Thin lenses of chert.
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+/- 2.5 ft.
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9
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Lower part black fissile with phosphatic nodules, upper gray yellow flaky
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5.4 ft.
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8
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Tiop of limestone is slightly irregular nodular
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D
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Mottled blue gray & brown. Many crinoid stems & thin fragments of fossils. Thin clay beds mostly purple and brown
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1.8 - 2.1 ft.
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C
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Brachiopods & crinoid stems
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1.3 ft.
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B
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Crinoid fragments throughout [unreadable text] fragments. Massive nodular "brecciated" limestone weathers with iron rust in non-uniform distribution, abundance of fusulinids in lower part
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2 - 2.3 ft.
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A
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Uneven nodular top. Dense dove gray limestone slightly mottled wavy, irregular bedding, Mesolobus, rough irregular base. flaky clay shale
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10 ft.
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Top of this section seems to be just below the black shale with phosphatic concretions
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See lith specimens A----etc. and study fusulinids in (B)
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