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IN NATURE, vol. xxii. p. 511, I find a letter from Mr. G. H. Morton, in which he expresses an opinion contrary to that expressed by me (vol. xxii. p. 460), as to the age of the “peat bed in the drift of Oldham.” The section therein alluded to is fairly described by him, but I am surprised that he should for an instant entertain the belief that the clay “has simply slipped down off the sand on to the surface of the peat at a lower level.” Had the clay slipped down we ought to have been able to see some indications of the conjectured displacement. Let me say, however, that during my repeated visits to the place and my examinations of the section I have utterly failed to perceive any trace of such indications, and, moreover, I do not remember that one person out of some scores who have in presence of the section pointed out to me the slightest appearance of disturbance. There is not a broken or crumpled line in the whole section.
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NIELD, J. A Peat Bed in the Drift at Oldham. Nature 22, 584 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/022584a0
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