Water Supply: the Present Practice of Sinking and Boring Wells: With Geological Considerations and Examples of Wells ExecutedSpon, Ernest
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Water Supply: the Present Practice of Sinking and Boring Wells: With Geological Considerations and Examples of Wells Executed
Spon, Ernest
Boring; Water-supply; Wells
CHALK, WITHOUT FLINTS (LOWER CHALK), 341 feet;--
Light Grey Chalk, and a few thin beds of marl 133 0
Grey Chalk Marl, with compact and marly beds
and occasional pyrites 161 0
Grey Marl 20 0
Harder Grey Marl, rather sandy and with occasional
pyrites 27 0
CHALK MARL, 59-1/4 feet;--
Hard Rocky Marl (? Tottenhoe Stone) 0 6
Bluish Grey Marl, rather sandy, lower part more
clayey 58 9
UPPER GREENSAND;--
Dark Green Sand, mixed with grey clay 13 9
GAULT, 130-1/2 feet;--
Bluish Grey Micaceous Clay, slightly sandy 39 0
The same, with two layers of clayey greensand 6 7
Micaceous Blue Clay; at base a layer full of phosphatic
nodules 84 11
LOWER GREENSAND (?), 188-1/2 feet;--
Red and Yellow Clayey Sand and Sandstone 1 0
Compact Red Clay, with patches of variegated
sandstone 4 0
Dark Red Clay 4 7
Red Clay, Whitish Sand, and Mottled Sandstone 3 0
Hard Red Conglomerate, with pebbles from the
size of a marble to that of a cannon-ball 2 0
Micaceous Red Clay, mottled in places 26 0
Layers of White Sandstone and Red Sand 3 8
Mottled Sandstone 0 4
Red Sand and Sandstone, with pebbles (a spring) 2 0
Layers of Red Sandstone and White Sand 4 0
Pebbly Red Sand and Sandstone 1 0
White and Red Sandstone 5 0
Fine Light Red Sand 2 9
Hard Sandstone 0 3
Very Fine Light Red Sand 4 0
Red Clay 2 0
Clayey Sand 1 3
Red Sandy Micaceous Clay, with sandstone 2 5
Compact Hard Greenish Sandstone 10 0
Very Micaceous Red Clay 1 0
Grey and Red Clayey Sand 1 1
Light-coloured Soft Sandstone 2 1
Red Sand and Sandstone 6 2
Greenish Sandstone 4 0
White and Grey Clayey Sand, with iron pyrites 2 0
Reddish Clayey Sand, with layers of sandstone 3 8
Micaceous Red Clay 18 4
Greenish Sandstone 0 5
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