TABLE 16.1. TABLE OF ENGLISH AND FRENCH EOCENE STRATA.
COLUMN 1: NAME OF STRATA.
COLUMN 2: ENGLISH SUBDIVISIONS.
COLUMN 3: FRENCH EQUIVALENTS.
UPPER EOCENE.
A.1: Bembridge series, Isle of Wight: Gypseous series of Montmartre.
A.2: Osborne or St. Helen's series, Isle of Wight: Calcaire siliceux, or
Travertin Inferieur.
A.3: Headon series, Isle of Wight: Calcaire siliceux, or Travertin Inferieur.
A.4: Barton series. Sands and clays of Barton Cliff, Hants: Gres de Beauchamp,
or Sables Moyens.
MIDDLE EOCENE.
B.1: Bracklesham series: Calcaire Grossier.
B.2: Alum Bay and Bournemouth beds: Wanting in France?
B.2: Wanting in England?: Soissonnais Sands, or Lits Coquilliers.
LOWER EOCENE.
C.1: London Clay: Argile de Londres, Cassel, near Dunkirk.
C.2: Woolwich and Reading series: Argile plastique and lignite.
C.3: Thanet sands: Sables de Bracheux.
It is in the northern part of the Isle of Wight that we have the uppermost beds
of the true Eocene best exhibited-- namely, those which correspond in their
fossils with the celebrated gypsum of the Paris basin before alluded to in
Chapter 15 (see Table 16.
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