180 THE COASTAL PLAIN OF NORTH CAROLINA.

sand filled with tiny shell fragments is uncemented, but, in most places,
it is cemented and in certain places very firmly. The shell fragments
cannot be distinguished in some of the layers, as the lime has been
removed and reprecipitated. Sharks’ teeth, Pectens, Hchinoid spines,
Bryozoa, Scutella, and Ostrea were found. Bryozoa and Ostrea are espe-
cially abundant. The material bears some resemblance to the Eocene
at Wilmington, though it is at present referred provisionally to the
Trent formation.

The fragmental shell rock shows cross-bedding, with the lamine
dipping rather steeply downstream.

SECTION RIGHT BANK OF NEUSE RIVER, 174 MILES BELOW KINSTON.

Pleistocene: Feet. INCHES,
Pleistocene sand and loam not well exposed.............. 8-12
Eocene (Trent) :
Black laminated clay, weathering white on exposure...... 7-12

Pebble band consisting of black pebbles and containing frag-
ments of sharks’ teeth, Belemnitella, Gryphea, and Eao-

Novajaceous (Peedee) :
Glauconitic sandy clay containing many fossils exposed to
within 3 feet of water, where it is hidden from view.... 11

The unconformity between the Eocene and the Cretaceous is well
shown in this locality. At one place the basal stratum of thé Eocene is _
14 feet above water. It inclines to the north to the water’s edge, then
rises and remains about 7 feet above water for a considerable distance.

SECTION NEUSE RIVER, 6} MILES BELOW KINSTON.
Pleistocene: Fret. INCHES.

Misbarhed, Pleistocene: clay iis isis sic pcigcne cob Polk hbk wns 2 214-3
Drab shaly clay, no fossils. ...........2..+ seers ee reser ees 1%

Eocene (Trent) :
Band of black water-worn pebbles, some of the pebbles fos-

siliferous, some crystalline, in matrix of gray sand....... pee 8
Cretaceous (Peedee) : F
Micaceous, greenish-black argillaceous sand.............+- 7

The Eocene material contains some concretions of very hard cemented
quartz sand, both black and white, containing some small shells. The
black pebbles seem to be phosphatic. Among them were recognized a
few greatly worn sharks’ teeth and small pieces of bone. ©

Broadhursts Bridge, Neuse River, 82 1-4 Miles Above New Bern. —
Eocene limestone appears on right bank of stream on both sides of the
bridge. It can be seen rising about 4 feet above the water in one place.