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Fig. 3. — Corrvparative Sections of the Lower Chcdh 4'c. of Yorhshire and
Lincohishire.
Cliff-section, Speeton, Section in Louth,
Yorkshire (Mr. Wiltshire). Lincolnshire.
White Chalk
with Solasfersubglobosus and Am-
monites p&ramplus.
Pale-pint Hard Chalk . 5 ft.
with Terebratulina gracilis, Mhyn-
clionella Manielliana, Gryphaa
vesicidaris, Molaster subglohosus,
Discoidea cylindrica, spines of Ci-
daris and JDiadema, yertebrs and
teeth.
Greenish-yellow Chalk . 40 ft.
with numerous thin layers of
Marl. Almost destitute of fossils
except fragments oi Inocerami.
! / 1..
Light-pink Chalk . . . 3 ffc.
with fragments of Inocerami.
Grreenish-yellow Chalk . 9fb.
with Gryphcea, Terebratula semi-
globosa, and Feltastes.
White and Eed Chalk, in thin
bands 5 ft.
Very few fossils.
Pale Eed Chalk .... 7ft.
Vermicularia umbonata niimerous ^
in upper part. ^-ni&M Terebratulas ^K
and Iiwcerami in lower part.
Greenish-white Chalk . 10 ft. "
Few fossils, TerebratulcE and bones r
of Starfish.
Eed Chalk (Hunstanton Lime-
stone) . . more than 30 ft.
Very fossiliferous, very large Te-
rebratuloB in upper part, Belem-
nifes minimus very abundant, Fen-
tacrinus and spines of Cidaris, &e.
Lower beds becoming nodular and
of a bluish east, thus graduating
into the clav below.
White Chalk without flints.
Band of variegated Marl, greenish-, piok-
ish-. and purplish-red, 12-1.5 in.
"First White Course" (Pink below) 2ft..
" Second "Uliite Course" (Pink below) 2ft.
Pale Pink Chalk .5 to 6 ft.
with TerehratuUna. gracilis, Terebratula
obesa, Solasfer subglobosa, Discoidea cylin-
drica, JlJiynchonelhi mantelliana. Spines
of Cidaris and other fossils.
Soft ^Tiite Chalk ..... 8 to 10 ft.
with marly bands one inch thick, some of
them pink.
" Hard Grey Stone " 10 ft.
with Pecten orbicularis, var., Terebratula.
biplicata, Spongia paradoxica, &c.
Hard White Brackly Chalk," 1.5 ft.
^^AA
Speeton Clay
White Chalk, grey below, with Ammo-
nites peramplus, Terebratula obesa, T.
biplicata, Fhynchonella Cuvieri, Solaster
subglobosa, Discoidea cylindrica, teeth of
Lamna, &c.
" Sponge-Bed" with Spoiigia paradoxi.;a,
"Yellow and Pink Courses."
Eed Chalk (Hunstanton Limestone) 12ft.
Terebratula biplicata abundant in upper
part, Belemnites minimus especially in
lower part, numerous other fossils.
Courses with numerous blaok and brown
pebbles, forming passage into sands below.
Upper Ferruginous Sands,