STRATA

Identified by

ORGANIZED FOSSILS

CONTAINING

Prints on Colored Paper

of the most

CHARACTERISTIC SPECIMENS

in each

STRATUM

BY

WILLIAM SMITH
Mineral Surveyor

July 1, 1816

logo-Vol I
Portrait of William Smith, 1844
London Geological Society.
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56 pages.

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Prepared May, 2008.


CONTENTS.


INTRODUCTION  005  006

THE STRATA  007  008

LONDON CLAY 009  010

CRAG 011  012  013

UPPER CHALK 014  015  016  017

LOWER or HARD CHALK, Frequently called GREY CHALK  018  019

CLASS of STRATA beneath the CHALK 020

GREEN or CHLORITE SAND  021

MICACEOUS BRICK EARTH  022  023

PORTLAND STONE  024  025  026  027  028

OAK TREE CLAY 029  030

CORAL RAG and PISOLITE  031  032

CLUNCH CLAY and SHALE  033  034

KELLOWAYS STONE  035  036  037  038  039  040  041

CORNBRASH  042  043

FOREST MARBLE  044  045

UPPER OOLITE or Calcareous Freestone  046  047

FULLER'S EARTH ROCK  048  049  050  051  052  053  054

Letter  055  056