Proceedings of the

Yorkshire Geological Society

V O L U M E 41 P A R T 4 1978

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Yorkshire Geological Society FOUNDED 1837

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MR J . DOSSOR

Vice-Presidents DR VV. H. C. RAMSBOTTOM DR R. W . HEY

General Secretary

MR A. V. HODGSON

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General Treasurer MR J . G. O. SMART

Institute of Geological Sciences, Ring Rd. Halton, Leeds LS15 8TQ.

Editors DR P. F. RAWSON

(Secretary to the Publications Committee) Department of Geology

Queen Mary College, Mile End Road, London El 4NS

DR P. W . SCOTT

Department of Geology, The University, Hull HU6 7RX

Librarian MR J . HARTLEY

Dept of Earth Sciences, The University, Leeds LS2 9JT

Other Members MR R. S. ARTHURTON MR R. W . O'B. KNOX MR D. D. BRUMHEAD MR J . M. NUNWICK (Asst. See.) SIR KINGSLEY DUNHAM DR B. OWENS DR A. G. FRASER [Edit. Asst.) MR E. G. SMITH DR D . v. FROST (Asst. Treas.) MR A . J . WADGE MR D. A. GREENWOOD DR R. H. WAGNER DR A. C. HIGGINS DR H. R. WATSON

PROCEEDINGS

OF T H E

YORKSHIRE

GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY V O L U M E 41 : 1976—1978

E D I T E D B Y

A. G. FRASER A N D

P. F. RAWSON

ISSN 0 0 4 4 - 0 6 0 4

Printed for the Yorkshire G e o l o g i c a l S o c i e t y b y

A. B R O W N & S O N S , L I M I T E D P E R T H S T R E E T W E S T , H U L L

DATES OF ISSUE

Parts I to 4

No. I pp. 1.12, pls 1-2.

No. 2 pp. 13-26, pl, 3 ..

No. 3 pp. 27-34, pl. 4 ..

No. 4 pp. 35-47

No. 5 pp. 49-58

No. 6 pp. 59-69

No. 7 pp. 71-73

No. 8 pp. 75-94, pls 5-7

No. 9 pp. 95-106, pls 8-9

No. 10 pp. 107-126

No. 11 pp. 127-140

No. 12 pp. 141-144

No. 13 pp. 145-162

No. 14 pp. 163-172

No. 15 pp. 173-184, pI. 10

No. 16 pp. 185-188 ....

No. 17 pp. 189-196, pl. 11No. 18 pp. 197-198 ....

No. 19 pp. 199-202, pl. 12

No. 20 pp. 203-222, pls 13-14 ...

No. 21 pp. 223-230

No. 22 pp. 231·239

No. 23 pp. 241-260

No. 24 pp. 261-291

No. 25 pp. 293-303

No. 26 pp. 305-323No. 27 pp. 325-346, pis 15-16 ...

No. 28 pp. 347-366, pl, 17

No. 29 pp. 367-380 ....

No. 30 pp. 381-398, pls 18-19 ..

No. 31 pp. 399-436, pls 20-24 .

No. 32 pp. 437-460 ....

No. 33 pp. 461-508, pis 25-29 .

No. 34 pp. 509-532, pis 30-33 .

No. 35 pp. 533-544

No. 36 pp. 545-548 ....

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C O N T E N T S

A L A B A S T E R , c. a n d S T R A W , A . ( append ix by B O Y L A N , P . J . ) . T h e Pleis tocene contex t of fauna l r e m a i n s a n d ar tefacts discovered a t We l ton - l e -Wold , Lincolnshi re ....

B E L L , j . D . see Chesh i re a n d Bell B O Y L A N , P . J . see Alabas te r a n d S t r a w C H E S H I R E , s. G . a n d B E L L , J . D . T h e Speedwel l V e n t , Cas t le ton ,

Derbysh i re : a Carboni fe rous l i t toral cone C H I S H O L M , J . I . G r o w t h faul t ing a n d sands tone deposi t ion in the

N a m u r i a n of the S t a n t o n Syncl ine , D e r b y s h i r e . . C O O P E R , R . G . a n d H A L L I W E L L , R . A , A relict kars t feature in the

H a m b l e t o n Hills , N o r t h Yorkshi re c o x , B . M . see Gallois a n d Cox F A I R B A I R N , R . A . La t e r a l pers is tence of beds wi th in the G r e a t

L imes tone ( N a m u r i a n , E J of W e a r d a l e F R E N C H , w . j . T h e origin of leucodior i tes associated wi th the

app in i t i c intrusions of C o u n t y D o n e g a l . . G A L L O I S , R . w . a n d c o x , B . M . T h e s t r a t i g r a p h y of the Lower

K i m m e r i d g e Clay of eas tern E n g l a n d .... G A U N T , G . D . see Harknes s , G a u n t a n d N u n n e y G U E I N N , K . j . see O w e n s et al. H A L L I W E L L , R . A . see C o o p e r a n d Hal l iwel l H A R K N E S S , D . D . , G A U N T , G , D . a n d N U N N E Y , J . H . R a d i o c a r b o n

d a t i n g versus the Leeds Hippopotamus-a. c a u t i o n a r y ta le . H O D G S O N , A . v . Bra ided r iver bedforms a n d re la ted s ed imen ta ry

s t ruc tu re s in t h e Fel l S a n d s t o n e G r o u p ( L o w e r Carboniferous) of N o r t h N o r t h u m b e r l a n d

I R E L A N D , R . J . , P O L L A R D , J . E . , S T E E L , R . J . a n d T H O M P S O N , D . B .

In t e r t i da l sediments a n d t r ace fossils from the Wate r s tones (Scyth ian-Anis ian?) a t D a r e s b u r y , Chesh i re ....

J O N E S , R . L . L a t e Devens ian deposits from Ki lda l e , nor th-eas t Yorkshire ..

R E N T , p. E . H y d r o c a r b o n s in C l e v e l a n d — a n ear lv proposa l by P. F . K e n d a l '

L E E D E R , M . R . see Scot t , A. C. M A R O O F , s. i. T h e s t ruc ture of the concea led p re -Carbon i fe rous

ba semen t of t he Derbysh i re D o m e from gravi ty d a t a . . . . M A T T H E W S , B . Clay-with-fl ints on the Yorksh i re a n d

Lincolnshi re Wolds M E D D , A . W . A foraminiferal m a r k e r hor izon in the A m p t h i l l

C lay ( U p p e r Jurass ic ) of eas tern E n g l a n d M I S H E L L , D . R . F . see O w e n s et al.

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N E V E S , R . see O w e n s et al. " & N U D D S , j . R . A n e w species of Aulina (Rugosa) from the

N a m u r i a n of n o r t h e r n E n g l a n d .... 189 N U N N E Y , j . H . see Harkness , G a u n t a n d N u n n e y O W E N S , B . , N E V E S , R . 5 G U E I N N , K . J . , M I S H E L L , D . R . F . , S A B R Y , H . S .

M . z . a n d W I L L I A M S , j . E . Pa lynologica l division of the N a m u r i a n of n o r t h e r n E n g l a n d a n d Sco t l and . . . . .... 381

P A R S O N S , c . F . A s t r a t ig raph ica l revision of t he S c a r b o r o u g h F o r m a t i o n ( M i d d l e Jurass ic) of nor th -eas t Yorkshire 203

P O L L A R D , j . E . see I r e l a n d et al. P Y R A H , B . j . C a t a l o g u e of type a n d figured fossils in the

Yorkshi re M u s e u m : P a r t 1 .... 35 P Y R A H , B . j . C a t a l o g u e of type a n d figured fossils in the

Yorkshi re M u s e u m : P a r t 2 .... 241 P Y R A H , B . J . C a t a l o g u e of type a n d figured fossils in the

Yorksh i re M u s e u m : P a r t 3 .... 437 P Y R A H , B . J . A n exposure of U p p e r Oxfo rd i an Clays in the V a l e

of Picker ing, Yorkshi re .... .... .... .... 197 R A M S B O T T O M , W . H . C . M a j o r cycles of transgression a n d

regression (mesothems) in the N a m u r i a n .... .... 261 S A B R Y , H . s. M . Z . see O w e n s et al. S C O T T , A . C (Append ix 2 b y M . R . L E E D E R ) . Sedimento logica l

a n d ecological cont ro l of W e s t p h a l i a n B p l a n t assem­blages from West Yorkshi re .... .... .... .... 461

S T E E L , R . J . see I r e l a n d et al. S T R A W , A . see Alabas te r a n d S t r a w T H O M P S O N , D . B . see I r e l a n d et al. T U R N E R , P . Notes on the depos i t ional e n v i r o n m e n t of t he Lingula

Flags in Dyfed, Sou th Wales .... .... .... .... 199 W A L K D E N , G . M . Vo lcan ic a n d erosive events on a n U p p e r Visean

c a r b o n a t e p la t form, N o r t h Derbysh i r e 347 W A T S O N , j . T h e ea r th ' s crust in P r e c a m b r i a n t imes .... 145 W H Y T E , M . A . A Carboni fe rous p e d u n c u l a t e b a r n a c l e •••• 1 W I L L I A M S , j . E . see O w e n s et al. W O R L E Y , N . E . L i thos t r a t ig raph ica l con t ro l of minera l iza t ion in

the Blende V e i n , M a g p i e M i n e , She ldon , n e a r Bakewell , Derbysh i re 95

W R I G H T , c . D . N e w ou tc rops of Ampth i l l C lay n o r t h of M a r k e t W e i g h t o n , N o r t h Yorksh i r e , a n d the i r s t ruc tu ra l impl ica t ions ... .... .... .... .... .... 127

W R I G H T , j . K . T h e C o r n b r a s h F o r m a t i o n (Cal lovian) in N o r t h Yorkshi re a n d Cleve land .... .... 325

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A n n u a l R e p o r t for 1975 A n n u a l R e p o r t for 1976 Field meet ings 1975 Field meet ings 1976 O b i t u a r y .... I n d e x to V o l u m e 41

LIST OF PLATES

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I Pabulum spathifonne gen. et sp. nov. 122 Pabulum spathifonne gen. et sp. nov. 123 Xenostephanus and Rasenia 264 Glomospira gordialis (jonea and Parker) 345 Acheulean handaxes.... 94-6 Palaeoloxodon ontiquus .... 947 Scale section of the Welton Gravels '" 948 Mineralogical and sedimentological features in the Blende Vein 1069 Mineralogical and sedimentological features in the Blende Vein 106

10 The Speedwell littoral cone viewed from the north.. 184II Aulina spp. 19612 Sedimentary features in the Lingula Flags 20213 Dorsetensia sp..., 22214 Telocetas cf. acuticostatum Weisert 22215 Thin sections of Cornbrash Limestone 34616 Thin sections of Cornbrash Limestone 34617 Carboniferous sections in the Millers Dale area, north Derbyshire.. 36618 Miospores from the British Namurian 39819 Stratigraphical distribution of selected miospore species in British

Namurian deposits .... 39820 Thalassinoides cf. sueoicus (Reith 1932). 43621 Diplocraterion.... 43622 Trace fossils .... 43623 Stratigraphy, lithofacies distribution and occurrence of the trace fossilsin

the Waterstones in Red Brow to Preston-on-the-Hill area.... 43624 Detailed sequences of lithofacies B and lithofacies C in Red Brow area 43625 Section at Thorpe Brickworks 50826 General section at Swillington 50827 Pteridosperm foliage from bed II, Swillington 50828 Fossil plants from bed 2 Lodge Hill... 50829 Renaultia cf. gracilis (Brongniart) 50830 Sedimentary structures in the Fell Sandstone Group 53231 Sedimentary structures in the Fell Sandstone Group 53232 Sedimentary structures in the Fell Sandstone Group 53233 Sedimentary structures in the Fell Sandstone Group 532

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