id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 33925 Hughes, J. Cecil (John Cecil) The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight .txt text/plain 37676 2146 80 those strata, the white chalk cliffs and the coloured sands, the of limestone and beds of clay, in cliffs of sandstone or of chalk, we Does sand on a sea shore ever become hard like rock, so that shells gradually layer after layer of sand and mud cover the sea bed round great river like the Niger, for the Wealden strata stretch,--often we come upon Wealden strata somewhat older than any in Sandown Bay. The shore at the Point at low tide is seen to be strewn with the this lies what is called the Lower Lobster bed, a brown clay and sand, sediment forming the clay points to a further sinking of the sea bed. in a gravel bed formed of flints worn out of the chalk by denudation. The Chalk strata in the Isle of Wight are of great thickness. sea, and beds deposited at the mouth of great rivers, where remains of ./cache/33925.txt ./txt/33925.txt