The topography and geology of the Fayum province of EgyptBeadnell, H. J. L. (Hugh John Llewellyn)
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The topography and geology of the Fayum province of Egypt
Beadnell, H. J. L. (Hugh John Llewellyn)
Geology -- Egypt
8. Brown shelly limestone full of _Carolia }
placunoides_, _Ostrea Reili_, _O. Fraasi_, }
_Turritella_, _Balanus_ and nummulites } 2
}
9. Yellow sandstone with bands of shelly }
limestone crowded with nummulites, oysters, } Birket
etc. Near top casts of _Cardita_, _Carolia_; } el Qurûn
also _Cerithium_, _Teredo_, _Ostrea_, } Series
_Pecten_, _Pinna_, and echinids. Calcareous } (50
concretions near base } metres) 18
}
10. Clays with much gypsum } 6
}
11. Yellow sandstone with _Balanus_. Bands }
crowded with two species of nummulites and }
occasional oysters. In places the }
foraminiferal bands become highly }
calcareous. Below similar, with hard }
compact grey bands and occasional fish-spines }
and teeth } 24
12. Similar to above, with numerous casts of }
_Cardita_, etc., and small _Ostrea_ } 24
}
Argillaceous sandstone with thick stockwork }
of gypsum and calcareous nodules } 6
}
13. Light yellow, brown, and greyish gypseous clays } 3
}
14. Yellow-brown sandstones and sandy limestones, }
often argillaceous. Fish-scales. }
}
Brown clays }
}
Yellow-white marls and marly limestone } Ravine 5
} Beds
15. Hard light yellow shelly limestone, in part } (10
marly, in part sandy } metres) 10
}
16. Ochreous-yellow, grey, and white clays and }
marls with gypsum } 9
}
17. Hard yellow-white shaly marl with numerous }
shell-impressions; much gypsum } 3
}
18. Yellow marly clays; soft yellow and grey-brown }
clays, dark sandy glauconitic, yellow, and }
black, clays. _Zeuglodon_ remains fairly }
common. Shell impressions. Much gypsum }
}
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