Identifier: annualreportofun1711geol (find matches)
Title: Annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Subjects: Geological Survey (U.S.) Geology Water-supply Forest reserves Mines and mineral resources
Publisher: Washington : G.P.O.
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Fio. 11. Section of Nye ISench Cliff. 1. Dune sand; 2, StratifiedMiocene shales. amis:
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9 PLEISTOCENE. 481 mass rests on the upturned edges of the Miocene shales, which are veryfossiliferous and incline seaward at an angle of 20°. About 100 yardsfarther north the contact of the sand and shales is well exposed. PI.XI is from a photograph taken at this place, and fig. 12 is a section.The lowest portion of the Pleistocene rests, with marked unconformity,directly on the Miocene, and is composed of angular fragments of shaleand sandstone. The upper part of this layer is chiefly sand, partiallystratified, and contains wood, logs, limbs, and roots, some of whichlook as if they werestill in the placeswhere they grew.Much gravel and an-gular fragments aremixed with the sand.Succeeding layers(2) are composedchiefly of sand, withangular fragments and Small pieces Of Fig. 12.—Section of Nye Beach Cliff. 1, 20 feet of gray sands, wellWOOd. It is clearly stratified; 2, Chiefly cross-bedded sands, 12 ft.; 3, Fragments of. shale, sandstone, and sand containing wood; 4, Miocene shales

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