﻿siiMMAin <ti' rin; coniiints. 70| 



lioiii Ille (Miviroiis ol' l>crj^<'ii. 'Ili''}' <ii<' <'<ll iiisi^iiiliciiil, and 

 very lilllc; is known conccrninji; slicll-nccMrrfMiscs fioni lliis region. 



P|». '{44 — 'HD. A nnnil)(!i- ol' .sli()ll-occ,urionc,(;s rroin llio on- 

 virons ol' Krisliansiind, ni Koinsdnl and Nordinøio, f^ive jif^ain 

 more (•xlianslivc iiiForinalion (lisl <>\ fossils, pp. .'{14, 'Hr», cIc). 

 Tlic prolils l»y (ilosva^ are es[)e('.ially inliiivislin^ as a l,iaiisil,i(»ii 

 Ironi Iower slraia willi a cold l»oi('(»-arclic inya-laiina lo a, 

 warmer j)Ostglacial launa (;an he cslahlisluid. 



These occurrences, like liic slirll-hanks and siiell-cjays al. 

 Kristiansand, Arendal, lld<levalla, eie,., aiso provi;, hy iJuMr siln- 

 alion only a l"ew ni('l.r<!S ahove sea-hivel and hy llicir laniia, 

 that ilic ii|)lill iniisl liav(! hcf^^nn carlier al(»nf4 Uk; coasl,, and 

 ninsl always have hccMi more advanced heie lliaii in ihe (-(Milial 

 jtarls ol" l,li(! land, al Icasl dnriiif^ Ihe first hall ol tin! i'ise. 



V. '{50. Ill ihe cnvirons ol" 'J'rondhj<im, only oiie rnya- 

 hank is at ()resent known, at \i('\>\>, corrcspondin^ lo ahoiit i25 'Vu 

 ol" the tohd nplilt. 



III. The Postglacial Shell-banks and Clay-beds 

 in the Kristiania Region. 



In pp. 353 — 355, tin; ditficnily ol' lixin;^ the hoiindary hctwecn 

 the late glacial and the postglacial deposits is eniphasised, espe- 

 cially as in llu! iniddic period ol the rise (coiresponding h) ahoni 

 40 — 00 ^Voo ol" lh<! lobd nplilt) only very U'.w shcill-oeein-nMiees 

 are known. At lr!V(;ls corres[)onding h) ahiail 00 |»er nnl of the 

 total nplifl, the diflerence in the fanna known Ironi Ihe inya- 

 liine in the <(;nlral and p(;iij)lM'ric, |)arts ol" the connti-y, seenis 

 lo he ahnost infinitesimal. It is (hus prohahh;, that dnrinji; th<; 

 nplift from 40 to 00 ^Voo, the rise must have; heen mon; rapid 

 in th(! environs of Kristiania than fartlK^r sonlh. It is thcrc-fore 

 ronveni(!nt U> fix the hoiindary between tin; late glacial and the 

 postglacial tim*; in South Norway at ahont 50 00 "/ou tA Uk» 

 lolal nplifl. 



