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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12512773485).jpg 1872 <br> MEYER WEALDEN AND PTJNFIELD EOBMATION <br> 253 <br> the relation of the Neocomian series of Punfield to that of Wor- <br> borrow Bay and Atherfield It shows at a glance the comparativa <br> thickness of the strata in these <br> ' ' three localities with their rela- <br> tive distances from each other <br> DisoirssioK <br> <br> <br> « <br> - <br> c <br> <br> <br> s <br> H- <br> 3S <br> 1 <br> lOi o <br> erf <br> I S <br> <br> dp S <br> 0 <br> rt '73 <br> © 43 <br> W <br> Mr GoDWiN-AtrsTEN did not <br> agree with Mr Judd in calling <br> the bed at Punfield the Pun- <br> field formation ; it was merely <br> a bed intercalated between beds <br> of a different character below and <br> above There could be no doubt <br> of the Wealden deposits extend- <br> ing over an area at least equal <br> in extent to many of the fresh- <br> water lakes at present in exist- <br> ence ; and the freshwater condi- <br> tions exhibited by the Wealden <br> must have been in existence <br> during an immense length of <br> time At Punfield alone how- <br> ever was there evidence of the <br> transition from freshwater to <br> marine conditions; one reputed <br> case seemed to be merely an in- <br> stance of landslip The change <br> from one condition to the other <br> might he thought be due to a <br> very slight depression The Neo- <br> comian series such as was known <br> to continental geologists could <br> hardly be recognized in Britain ; <br> and it was only during the last <br> portion of that period that any de- <br> posits took place in this country <br> The phenomena of the Wealden <br> deposits might he believed be <br> traced over a much larger area <br> than was commonly supposed <br> and certainly as far as Saxony <br> He considered that the same area <br> of land continued through both <br> the Jurassic and the Cretaceous <br> times <br> Prof Ramsay thought that the <br> Purbeck strata were connected <br> with lagoons in contiguity with 34985262 108770 51125 Page 253 Text v 28 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/34985262 1872 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 28 1872 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 34985262 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/34985262 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-14 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12512773485 2015-08-27 10 03 39 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1872 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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