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III.—The Great Oolite Section at Groves' Quarry, Milton-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

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On the occasion of a recent visit to the quarry in the Great Oolite at Milton-under-Wychwood, which has become known amongst geologists as —Groves' Quarry, Milton”, Mr. E. T. Paris, F.C.S., and I were disappointed to find that no quarrying operations were in progress and that apparently they had ceased for good.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1910

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page 538 note 1 From beds 4, 5, or 6 come some peculiar little objects that somewhat resemble crinoid-ossicles. Mr. W. D. Lang informs me, however, that they are concretions, “and similar ones are common in the chalk. Stripes on the sides are said to be slickenside structure, and the whole comparable with cone in cone structure.”

page 538 note 2 In this paper, when a query precedes the generic name, it indicates doubt about the genus having been accurately diagnosed.

page 539 note 1 Absent as such from the south-eastern working, where bed 15c is thicker, tolerably conspicuous, and more of a limestone.

page 540 note 1 Looks greenish, but upon closer inspection is better described as ‘greyishwhite’.

page 541 note 1 Mem. Geol. Surv.: “ The Geology of the Country around Cheltenham,” 1857, p. 58.

page 541 note 2 Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. xli, p. 171, 1885.Google Scholar