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III.—The Geology of Barbados

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

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The August number of the Quaterly Journal of the Geological Society contains a paper on this subject by Dr. J. W. Spencer, who believes that the rocks which were described by us under the head of ‘Raised Coral Reefs’ do not form one continuous succession of Pleistocene reef-rocks, but consist of several different limestone formations. He thinks that there are three such formations, and that each is separated from the other by a break or unconformity.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1902

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page 550 note 2 Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., 1891, vol. xlvii, p. 209.Google Scholar

page 551 note 1 Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, 1895, vol. li, p. 255.

page 552 note 1 A coral-reef is a composite mass of rock, and portions of it are often differently made up and are more fossiliferous than other parts of the same reef.

page 553 note 1 See Messrs. Franks & Harrison, “On the Globigerina Marls of Barbados,” in. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. liv, p. 540.