"Argillo-calcareous" Quotes from Famous Books
... the Table 19.1 has usually the Kimmeridge clay for its base; the Middle Oolitic system, the Oxford clay. The Lower system reposes on the Lias, an argillo-calcareous formation, which some include in the Lower Oolite, but which will be treated of separately in the next chapter. Many of these subdivisions are distinguished by peculiar organic remains; and, though varying ... — The Student's Elements of Geology • Sir Charles Lyell |