Congrès géologique international, Congrès géologique international… (1891)
“ TATE'S CLASSIFICATION, 1856-1868. Upper or Calcareous group:-From the base of the Millstone Grit to the Dun Limestone—' the lowest limestone of any value.' Good workable limestones, interstratified among alterations of sandstone, shale, and coal; large number of marine organisms connected with the calcareous strata. Thickness, about 1700 feet. Lower or Carbonaceous group :-From the base of the Dun Limestone to the top of the Tuedian group. Marked by the number, thickness, and quality of its coal seams ; limestones thin and generally impure; marine organisms in fewer numbers. ”
