MAKE A MEME View Large Image The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (14096530333).jpg CFRIOSITY-SHOP BED IN CANTERBTJHT NEW ZEALAND <br> 561 <br> whether the Awatere series is the equivalent of the Awamoa series <br> 'Now neither Dr Hector nor Mr M' ...
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Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (14096530333).jpg CFRIOSITY-SHOP BED IN CANTERBTJHT NEW ZEALAND <br> 561 <br> whether the Awatere series is the equivalent of the Awamoa series <br> 'Now neither Dr Hector nor Mr M' Kay gives any proof of this <br> land-surface ; but Mr M' Kay told me that his reason for assuming its <br> existence was the scoriaceous nature of some of the rocks which is <br> quite insufficient Also I fail to see in Mr McKay's Report any <br> evidence at all of an unconformity He certainly gives a section <br> No 3 showing an unconformity ; but there must be some mistake <br> as the unconformity is j laced between the Hutchinson' s-quarry bed <br> and volcanic tuffs which underlie the Ototara limestone while the <br> argument is founded on the assumption that the tuff's overlie the <br> Ototara limestone Yhen I examined Ototara Cape in 1873 I did <br> not notice any unconformity ; but I have had no opportunity of <br> examining the locality since Mr M' Kay's Eeport was published <br> Cape Oamaru is formed by an old volcano which has broken through <br> the Ototara limestone and was active when the marine beds of <br> Hutchinson's quarry were being deposited Also the outlier of the <br> Awamoa series on the Cretaceo-Tertiary greensands and coal-grits <br> in the Waireka Yalley proves an unconformity between the Awamoa <br> series and the Hutchinson's-quarry beds which are missing and <br> Pig 2 ” Majp of the Valley of the Waitaki mid neighbouring region <br> Alluvia W Pareora System Limestones <br> I I Tertiary uncertain Schists and Slates <br> 1 Waihao Limestone <br> 2 Otakaika Limestone <br> 3 Maerewhenua Limestone <br> 4 Ototara Limestone <br> 2e2 37047441 114009 51125 Page 561 Text 41 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/37047441 1885 Geological Society of London NameFound Alluvia NameFound Pareora NameConfirmed Pareora EOLID 4877786 NameBankID 4284046 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 41 1885 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 37047441 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/37047441 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-04-30 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/14096530333 2015-08-26 04 52 12 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1885 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script
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