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THE oceanic series of Barbados forms a group of beds which is clearly marked off from the Scotland series below, and the coral limestone above. The oceanic deposits do not, however, appear everywhere as a continuous band between the two other formations, because the elevation of the island from oceanic depths was accompanied by a considerable amount of faulting, and tracts of the oceanic deposits were dropped down between blocks of the Scotland series. Although this faulting interferes with the continuity of the oceanic deposits, it is abundantly clear from numerous sections that they rest unconformably upon the Scotland series, and are as distinct in respect of age as they are in respect of lithological composition, and a greater contrast in all respects can hardly be imagined than these two formations present.
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The Geology of Barbados1. Nature 46, 59–60 (1892). https://doi.org/10.1038/046059a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/046059a0