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This stratum is frequently so blended with the one above, in the slopes of the same hill in all the southern parts of its course, as not to be distinguished from it but in maps of a larger scale. It makes a redder, and, generally, a better soil, thah that of the upper oolyte, and in Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, and Rutland, is widely detached from the other rock, lying only on the tops of the hills, and about Northampton and other parts becomes very brown and sandy.
In Rutland the surface of the oolyte rocks has much the appearance of the Cotswold hills, and their northern course through Lincolnshire forms a very long and narrow straight ridge, which has a singular opening in it at Lincoln. [46-47]
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- A County-by-County Geological Description of England’s Counties
- Smith’s Explanation of His Map of Geological Strata in England and Wales
- The History of the Idea of Geological Strata before William Smith’s Formulation and Map
Bibliography
Smith, William. A Memoir to the Map and Delineation of Strata of England and Wales. London: John Cary, 1815.
Created 11 September 2018