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II.—On a Fossileferous Bed in the Selbornian of Charmouth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

W. D. Lang
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The Charmouth district, situated in the south-west corner of Dorsetshire, consists of valleys in the Lias clays, separated by hills which are capped by Upper Cretaceous rocks, resting unconformably upon the Lias. Black Ven is the name of the cliff face bisecting one of these hills, which, lying between Charmouth and Lyme Regis, divides the valleys of the Char and the Lyme stream. of this cliff, the lower 350 feet consist of Lias clays and limestones.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 10 , Issue 9 , September 1903 , pp. 388 - 392
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1903

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References

page 389 note 1 Jukes-Browne, A. J.: “The Gault and Upper Greensand of England,” 1900, p. 186.Google Scholar

page 389 note 2 Downes, W., “The Cretaceous Beds at Black Ven, near Lyme Regis”: Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. xli (1885), p. 23.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

page 391 note 1 Downes, ibid., p. 25.

page 392 note 1 Jukes-Browne: ibid.., p. 186.