The Internal Structure of Fossil Vegetables Found in the Carboniferous and Oolitic Deposits of Great Britain - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1833 Excerpt: ... SECTION III. DESCRIPTION OF FOSSIL TREES DISCOVERED IN THE STRATA OF THE CARBONIFEROUS SERIES. I. Fossil Vegetables Found At Lennel Braes, Near Coldstream, On The BANKS OF THE RIVER TWEED, IN BERWICKSHIRE. In the neighbourhood of Coldstream, on the banks of the Tweed, numerous fossil vegetables occur imbedded in shale. It has long been disputed to what class of rocks the deposits of this district ought to be referred. Some are of opinion that they are members of the old red sandstone series, while others think that they are to be classed with a much more recent deposit, the new red sandstone. The following facts, which have been observed by my intelligent friend Mr Francis Forster and myself, will, I trust, set that question at rest. Immediately below the bridge at Coldstream, at its south end, you perceive a bed of shale, belonging to the mountain limestone series. It may be seen rising to the north-west, at an angle of about 14. Above the bridge, on the north side, beds of sandstone, bituminous shale, and ironstone, form the cliff, rising 8 to the west. Between the bridge at Coldstream and Lennel Braes, a distance of rather more than two miles, a great variety of shale and grit beds, evidently belonging to the mountain limestone series, may be seen rising to the south and south-south-west, but irregular in their inclinations. Lennel Braes being exposed to the waters of the Tweed, these ancient fossils are to be obtained there in the greatest abundance. Both banks of the river are occupied by alternating beds of sandstone and shale, from Lennel Braes down to a very fine sandstone cliff, about three fourths of a mile above Sir David Milne's house. This sandstone has many characteristic marks of the new red sandstone formation; but there is reason to believe...

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