Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12511941565).jpg 1853 <br> FORBES ISLE OF WIGHT <br> 261 <br> viously regarded as Lower freshwater capped by the Upper ma- <br> rine were really probably higher than any beds hitherto noticed <br> The latter in 1852 maintained that the section between Tolland <br> Bay and Sconce Point near Yarmouth included a series of beds <br> higher in geological position than those composing Headon Hill <br> That Mr Prestwich was right in his anticipation I shall have the <br> pleasure of proving beyond question but cannot assent to the con- <br> clusion of M He'bert whilst admitting that his opinion on all points <br> concerning the Eocene tertiaries demands the highest respect <br> All geologists without exception who have compared the section <br> at Whitecliff Bay at the eastern end of the island with that of <br> Headon at the western have regarded the fluvio-marine series in the <br> former place as the equivalents of that in the latter see fig 3 <br> Nor do any seem to have suspected tha t the fluvio-marine beds at <br> WhiteclifF were in considerable part superior to those of Headon <br> see fig 2 <br> Figs 2 3 ” Diagram-Sections of Whitecliff Bay <br> Fig 2 ” The hitherto received version <br> Fig 3 ” The new reading <br> g <br> M t- «J c <br> CD S 1 o;a <br> S£S SSg <br> K KWW copqS <br> 6 Bembridge marls 80 feet thick <br> c Bembridge limestone 30 feet thick <br> d St Helens beds 100 feet thick <br> e Headon series 180 feet thick <br> / Headon sands 100-200 feet thick <br> T 2 34983382 108767 51125 Page 261 Text v 9 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/34983382 1853 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 9 1853 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 34983382 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/34983382 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 N02/12511941565 2015-08-27 09 53 26 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1853 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |