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III.—The Uppermost Silurian and Old Red Sandstone of South Staffordshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

W. Wickham King  and
W. J. Lewis
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In the core of the Netherton Anticline at Saltwells, near Dudley, in the vicinity of a small area of basalt marked on the Geological Survey maps, Mr. King, in February last, discovered a series of rocks, ranging from the Upper Ludlow Mudstones to the Old Red Sandstone, cropping out from beneath the base of the Coal-measures of South Staffordshire. During April Mr. Lewis independently recognized Silurian here, and we agreed to work out the details together.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 9 , Issue 10 , October 1912 , pp. 437 - 443
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1912

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page 438 note 1 South Staffs. Coal-field, 2nd ed., pp. xii, 134Google Scholar (Mem. Geol. Surv.). Since then Carboniferous Limestone and Millstone Grit have been found underground at the northern end of the coal-field (Q.J.G.S., vol. lxii, p. 523, 1906,Google Scholar and Trans, of North Staffs. Club, 1903–1904, p. 123;Google Scholar cf. Q.J.G.S., vol. lv, pp. 126–7, 1899.Google Scholar

page 438 note 2 Dudley Guardian of 06 22, 1867.Google Scholar Mr. King has found on this pit mound pieces of the Temeside Bone-bed with L. cornea, Onchns, and Eurypteridæ, green shales covered with black markings of Eurypteridse, and red and purple micaceous sandstones.

page 439 note 1 Proc. Phil, Birmingham. Soc, vol. v, p. 138.Google Scholar The specimens are at the University Museum, Birmingham.

page 439 note 2 South Staffs. Coal-field, 2nd ed., pp. 81, 82.Google Scholar

page 439 note 3 Cf. Silurian System, 1839, p. 478.Google Scholar

page 439 note 4 Proc. Dudley Geol. Soc, vol. iv, p. 17, 1878.Google Scholar

page 439 note 5 Q.J.G.S., vol. lxii, p. 195, 1906.Google Scholar

page 440 note 1 Silurian System, 1839, p. 483.Google Scholar

page 440 note 2 The letters we use are the same as in Q.J.G.S., vol. lxii, p. 195, 1906.Google Scholar

page 441 note 1 Silurian System, 1839, p. 482.Google Scholar

page 443 note 1 This is the lowest bed seen on south side of Brewins Tunnel.