(1) sandstone, (2) Gray Band, (3) greenish shale, (4) compact limestone, (5) greenish shale, (6) limestone, (7) shale, (8) limestone.

Stratification

(1) sandstone, (2) Gray Band, (3) greenish shale, (4) compact limestone, (5) greenish shale, (6) limestone,…

"Ideal section of part of the earth's crust, with landscape above. Granite and other crystalline rocks appear with irregular outlines at the bottom of the section; over them are stratified rocks, partly bent and partly flat. The forms of the landscape are related to the arrangement of the rocks." -Gilbert, 1910

Stratified Layers

"Ideal section of part of the earth's crust, with landscape above. Granite and other crystalline rocks…