| Show G Geological logical Survey Report Reports en an Stats Stat a rj 1 Climate 1 In Ancient Day Days 1 i Washington That D. D That the climate of ot South Carolina and aDd Georgia Geolin was wu once tropical is one of ot tin Interest Interest- tag ins conclusions announced by experts of t. t the geological survey after utter an ex ex- exhaustive at study of ot the flora of ot those t States tes This vegetation grew durin during tipper opper per er cretaceous and eocene time or u ceolo geologists st st. 11 say at least several million mil mall bon lion ciD years ago agoA ago A tA A study of ot this flora which has been blen I- I pr preserved eed h in fossil rossil form In the rocks ro ks Indicates also that shallow seas extendS extend extend- S eve e l inland OYer over miles mUes from tram the present seaboard HS board that there was wu con on 4 elevation of ot the Piedmont r area a to the w writ west t. t that the river gradients grad gradi d 1 eats were high and the s streams numerous nu nu- and more or less les torrential InI Inh in I character h and that there were were's swamps clung long the lower courses coura of the strut streams ra z The Th report states lUtes that the fossil foss plants plant indicate there was a mild though not Bot strictly tropical climate without seasonal lIOnal changes There was no no elden evidence evidence- that frost t oC l occurred ed and that the rainfall n was abundant Indications Indi are it ia Is said that In m middle eocene ocelle time the climate or of was much warmer warmer er than during the upI upper up- up I per pu cretaceous epoch i E l |
