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of volcanic debris, are not exposed
east of Sazlee*. The limestones
are usually thin-bedded, yellowish
or gray; sometimes soft and marly.
They are the only beds of the
whole series upon the southern
coast in which fossils have been
found. These fossils, chiefly, small
Gasteropods, occur in considerable
numbers at a few localities, but the
range in species is not great. Most
of them have been obtained from
a little exposure upon Coslou-dagh,
about seven kilometres northeast
of Behram. The horizontal marly
beds, having a thickness of eight
metres, contain numerous large frag-
ments of trachyte, and are complete-
ly surrounde by volcanic rocks.
The small outcrops of tertiary
rocks, enveloped by trachyte and
volcanic conglomerate, are numer-
ous in the southern portion of the
Troad, and the relations of the two
formations are for the most part
distinctly indicated. East of Beh-
ram five kilometres are several
of these exposures, and the fol-
lowing section (Fig. 3) represents
the relations of the rocks in that
locality. The lowest limestone
(I.) is siliceous and minutely oolit-
ic, containing in its upper por-
tion numerous fossils. Small Gas-
teropods are most abundant, and
widely distributed in the strata.
The small lamellibranchiate mol-
lusk which is so abundant in the
limestone of the Trojan Plain and
at Eski Stamboul occurs in a thin
layer near the middle of this lime-
stone. A dike of trachyte (II.) sep-
arates the lowest limestone from
the second (III.), which has a thick-
ness of about sixteen metres. It
ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE.
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H H
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m
of volcanic debris, are not exposed
east of Sazlee*. The limestones
are usually thin-bedded, yellowish
or gray; sometimes soft and marly.
They are the only beds of the
whole series upon the southern
coast in which fossils have been
found. These fossils, chiefly, small
Gasteropods, occur in considerable
numbers at a few localities, but the
range in species is not great. Most
of them have been obtained from
a little exposure upon Coslou-dagh,
about seven kilometres northeast
of Behram. The horizontal marly
beds, having a thickness of eight
metres, contain numerous large frag-
ments of trachyte, and are complete-
ly surrounde by volcanic rocks.
The small outcrops of tertiary
rocks, enveloped by trachyte and
volcanic conglomerate, are numer-
ous in the southern portion of the
Troad, and the relations of the two
formations are for the most part
distinctly indicated. East of Beh-
ram five kilometres are several
of these exposures, and the fol-
lowing section (Fig. 3) represents
the relations of the rocks in that
locality. The lowest limestone
(I.) is siliceous and minutely oolit-
ic, containing in its upper por-
tion numerous fossils. Small Gas-
teropods are most abundant, and
widely distributed in the strata.
The small lamellibranchiate mol-
lusk which is so abundant in the
limestone of the Trojan Plain and
at Eski Stamboul occurs in a thin
layer near the middle of this lime-
stone. A dike of trachyte (II.) sep-
arates the lowest limestone from
the second (III.), which has a thick-
ness of about sixteen metres. It