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Fig. 4. The distribution of calcareous rocks and soil in South 

 Sweden (after Flach, Juhlin-Dannfeldt, Sundbarg 1909). •: occur- 

 rences of Archaean limestone-rocks; the fine dotted areas mark 

 the post-Archaean calcareous rocks (Silurian limestones, chalk 

 or calcareous slates); the areas marked with short lines indicate 

 the distribution of calcareous deposits with a lime percentage 

 above 2.5 (clay, moraine, os-gravel). The figures indicate the 

 provinces as follows: i, Skane; 2, Blekinge; 3, Halland; 4, Sma- 

 land; 5, Oland; 6, Gotland; 7, Ostergotland; 8, Vastergotland; 

 9, Bohuslan; 10, Dalsland; 11, Varmland; 12, Narike; 13, Soder- 

 manland; 14, Uppland; 15, Viistmanland; 16, Dalarna; ly.Gastrik- 

 land; 18, Halsingland. 



Ronne river. 

 Blekinge. The lime in the striped clay (Swed. ; varvig lera»), which is wide spread in 

 the lower parts of the province, has a rather low percentage, the average being 5.7%. 

 Smdinnd. The striped clay on the coast of the Sound of Kalmar from the borders 



reous rocks or of deposits 

 which have plenty of lime, 

 thanks to their mineralogical 

 character orbybeing traversed 

 by water rich in lime. 



Of calcareous rocks there 

 are in the first place the 

 limestones and the strongly 

 calcareous slates, with a lime 

 percentage of from 20 — 30% 

 up to 90 °o. 



Even greenstones of various 

 kinds (hyperites, gabbros, dio- 

 rites etc.) are generally com- 

 paratively calcareous, though 

 rather varying in their per- 

 centage of lime; the percen- 

 tage of lime is said to reach 

 ID. Fig. 4 shows the distri- 

 bution of calcareous rocks 

 and soil in South Sweden. 



To this some short notes 

 will be given, chiefly after 

 Lindstrom, 1898. 



Skdne. Throughout almost the 

 whole province the ground is 

 formed of a strongly calcareous 

 moraine or marl, 2 c — 30 % of 

 lime. A northern border-line 

 can be laid down for the lime- 

 rich district: From the chalk 

 region of north-eastern Skane 

 to the west in the parishes of 

 Akarp, Vankiva and Farstorp 

 (in the neighbourhood of Hassle- 

 holm), whereittakesabendsouth- 

 wards to the neigbourhood of 

 Ringsjo and thence north-west- 

 wards somewhere along the 



