J. R. Dakyns

Excerpt from The Geology of the Country Between Applby, Ullswater, and Haweswater: Explanation of Quarter-Sheet 102 S. New Series, Sheet 30 The Carboniferous rocks lie unconformably on the Silurian, with a general north-west strike. The basement-bed is a red conglomerate of varying thickness, formerly grouped with the Old Red Sandstone. It is succeeded upwards by red shale and sandstones and then limestones, which pass up gradually into the overlying Carboniferous strata. These consist of a great series of alternating beds of limestone, sandstone, and shale. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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