See also:

• BUNTING
• BUNTING (a word of doubtful origin, possibly connected with bunt, to sift, or with the Ger. bunt, of varied colour)
• BUNTING, J
• BUNTING, JABEZ (1779-1858)

BUNTING (a word of doubtful origin, possibly connected with bunt, to sift, or with the Ger. bunt, of varied See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour)  , a loosely See also:

• WOVEN

woven. woollen See also:

• CLOTH

cloth for making flags; the See also:

• TERM

term is also used of a collection of flags, and particularly those of a See also:

• SHIP

ship . of this subdivision is made up of weakly-cemented, coarse-grained sandstones, oblique lamination is very prevalent, and occasional conglomeratic beds make their See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance . The uppermost See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed is usually See also:

• FINE

fine-grained and bears the footprints of Cheirotherium . In the See also:

• VOSGES
• VOSGES (Lat. Vogesus or Vosagus, Ger. Wasgau or Vogesen)

Vosges See also:

• DISTRICT

district, this subdivision of the See also:

• BUNTER

Bunter is called the Gres See also:

• DES

des Vosges, or the Gres See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal, which comprises: (i.) red micaceous and argillaceous See also:

• SANDSTONE

sandstone; (ii.) the conglomirat principal; and (iii.) Gres bigarre principal (=gres des Vosges, properly so-called) . (3) See also:

• LOWER

Lower Buntsandstein, fine-grained clayey and micaceous See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand-stones, red-See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey, yellow, See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white and mottled . The See also:

• CEMENT (from Lat. caementum, rough pieces of stone, a shortened form of caedimentum, from caedere, to cut)

cement of the sandstones is often felspathic; for this See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason they yield useful See also:

• PORCELAIN

porcelain See also:

• CLAYS, PAUL JEAN (1819-1900)

clays in the Thuringerwald . See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

Clay See also:

• GALLS

galls are See also:

• COMMON

common in the sandstones of some districts, and in the neighbourhood of the Harz an oolitic calcareous sandstone, Rogenstein, occurs . In eastern See also:

• HESSE
• HESSE (Lat. Hessia, Ger. Hessen)

Hesse, the lowest beds are crumbly, shaly clays, Brockelschiefern . The following are the subdivisions usually adopted in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England :--(1) Upper Mottled Sandstone, red variegated sandstones, soft and generally See also:

• FREE

free from pebbles . (2) Bunter Pebble Beds, harder red and See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown sandstones with quartzose pebbles, very abundant in some places . (3) Lower Mottled Sandstone, very similar to the upper See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division . The Bunter beds occupy a large See also:

• AREA

area in the midland counties where they See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form dry, healthy ground of moderate See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation (See also:

• CANNOCK

Cannock See also:

• CHASE
• CHASE, SALMON PORTLAND (1808-1873)
• CHASE, SAMUEL (1741–1811)
• CHASE, WILLIAM MERRITT (1849– )

Chase, Trentham, See also:

• SHERWOOD, MARY MARTHA (1775-1851)

Sherwood See also:

• FOREST

Forest, See also:

• SUTTON
• SUTTON, SIR RICHARD (d. c. 1524)
• SUTTON, THOMAS (c. 1532—1611)

Sutton Coldfield, &c.) .

Southward they may be followed through See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• SOMERSET, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SOMERSET, EDMUND BEAUFORT, DUKE OF (c. 1404–1455)
• SOMERSET, EDWARD SEYMOUR, DUKE OF (c. 1506–1552)
• SOMERSET, LORD ROBERT EDWARD HENRY (1776-1842)
• SOMERSET, ROBERT CARR (or KER), EARL OF (e. 1590-1645)

Somerset to the cliffs of Budleigh Salterton in See also:

• DEVON, EARLS OF

Devon; while northward they pass through See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north See also:

• STAFFORDSHIRE

Staffordshire, See also:

• CHESHIRE

Cheshire and See also:

• LANCASHIRE

Lancashire to the Vale of See also:

• EDEN
• EDEN, SIR ASHLEY (1831-1887)

Eden and St Bees, reappearing in See also:

• ELGIN

Elgin and See also:

• ARRAN
• ARRAN, EARLS OF

Arran . A de-posit of these rocks lies in the Vale of Clwyd and probably flanks the eastern See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the Pennine Hills, although here it is not so readily differentiated from the See also:

• KEUPER

Keuper beds . The See also:

• ENGLISH

English Bunter rests with a slight unconformity upon the older formations . It is generally absent in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-eastern counties, but thickens rapidly in the opposite direction, as is shown by the following table: Lancashire and See also:

• LEICESTERSHIRE

Leicestershire and W . Cheshire . Staffordshire . See also:

• WARWICKSHIRE

Warwickshire . (1) Soo ft . 50-200 ft . Absent (2) 500-750 ft . 100.300 ft . 0-100 ft .

(3) 200-500 ft . 0-100 ft . Absent The material forming the Bunter beds of England came probably from the north-west, but in See also:

• DEVONSHIRE (DEvoN)
• DEVONSHIRE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Devonshire there are indications which point to an additional source . In the Alpine region, most of the Trias differs markedly from that of England and See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, being of distinctly marine origin; here the Bunter is represented by the Werfen beds (from Werfen in See also:

• SALZBURG

Salzburg) in the northern See also:

• ALPS

Alps, a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of red and greenish-grey micaceous shales with See also:

• GYPSUM

gypsum, See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt and limestones in the upper See also:

• PART

part; while in the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern Alps (S . See also:

• TIROL (or TYROL 1)

Tirol) there is an upper series of red clays, the Campil beds, and a lower series of thin sand-stones, the Seis beds . Mojsisovics von Mojsvar has pointed out that the Alpine Bunter belongs to the single See also:

• ZONE (Gr. 'WV77, a girdle, from 'wvvLvay to gird)

zone of Natica costata and Tirolites See also:

• CASSIANUS, JOANNES EREMITA, or JOANNES

cassianus . Fossils in the Bunter are very scarce; in addition to the footprints of Cheirotherium, See also:

• DIRECT

direct See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of .amphibians is found in such forms as Trematosaurus and Mastodonsaurus . Myophoria costata and Gervillea Murchisoni are characteristic fossils . See also:

• PLANTS

Plants are represented by Voltzia and by equisetums and ferns . In England, the Bunter sandstones frequently See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act as valuable reservoirs of underground See also:

• WATER

water; sometimes they are used for See also:

• BUILDING

building See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone or for foundry sand . In Germany some of the harder beds have yielded building stones, which were much used in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages in the construction of cathedrals and castles in southern Germany and on the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine . In the northern See also:

• EIFEL

Eifel region, at Mechernich and elsewhere, this formation contains See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead ore in the form of spots and patches (Knotenerz) in the sandstone; some of the lead ore was worked by the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans .

For a See also:

• CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration of the relationship of the Bunter beds to formations of the like See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age in other parts of the See also:

• WORLD

world, see TRIASSIC See also:

• SYSTEM

SYSTEM . (J . A .