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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12893611025).jpg 424 <br> ME E P KICHARDS ON THE GRAVELS AND Aug i <br> h <br> upon an eroded surface of London Clay fig 2 During the rail- <br> way-operations remains of Elephas primigenius were found very Dear <br> this section and they must presumably have occurred in this gravel <br> Fig 2 ” Section in the Lambourne Railway -cutting <br> Gravelly soil <br> Fine flint-gravel same composition as gravel <br> below <br> Fine reddish-yellow clay-and-sand loam as in <br> fig 1 p 42a; <br> Fine reddish clayey flint-gravel composed of <br> 90 0 brown flints 5 black white and pale <br> coloured flints and 5 o/ Q small slabby light- <br> coloured sarsens Of the flints 95 are sub- <br> angular <br> rounded pebbles There are <br> several green-coated flints and carbonaceous <br> layers sometimes occur <br> London Clay <br> Vertical scale 5 inch l foot <br> At a gravel-pit on the Bath Road near the 300-foot contour <br> No 6 in the Map PI XXX I obtained another section ” <br> Feet <br> Gravelly soil 2 <br> Red loam siliceous grains and fine reddish clay laminated more <br> or less 9 <br> Coarse flint -gravel slightly bedded with occasional thin lenti- <br> cular inclusions of stiff dark clay-with-flints _ <br> 70 °/ large subangular brown-stained flints with smaller ones in- j <br> termingled ; 20 °/ large black flint-nodules coated white slightly Gx \ <br> rolled ; 5 °/ well-rounded stained flint-pebbles always small P 0se ' <br> A few slightly rounded green-coated flints J <br> The colouring and appearance of the strata exactly coincide in the <br> three sections last described <br> The main points of difference between the Southern Drift and <br> this Donnington gravel are ” 1 The great disparity in levels <br> amounting to a difference of about 120 feet 2 The composition ; <br> the Glacial Donnington gravel containing numerous sarsenstones <br> also green-coated pebbles gritstones and large black flint-nodules <br> which are absent from the Snelsmore and Greenham Drift <br> 3 The presence of Bison or Bos and Elephas at Dounington 36029247 111130 51125 Page 424 Text 53 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36029247 1897 Geological Society of London NameFound Elephas NameConfirmed Elephas EOLID 11018392 NameBankID 2481813 NameFound Elephas primigenius NameConfirmed Elephas primigenius NameBankID 5716812 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 53 1897 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36029247 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36029247 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-03-03 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12893611025 2015-08-26 16 57 12 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1897 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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