THE 



GEOLOGICAL RECORD 



EOR 1875. 



STRATIGRAPHICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE GEOLOGY. 



1. BRITISH ISLES. 



Andrew, Thomas. Geological and Archaeological Papers. 8vo. 

 Northampton. Privately printed. 



1. The Geological Phenomena of Exeter and its Neighbourhood, 

 pp. 1-20. Gives a general description of the various formations from 

 Carboniferous to Drift, including the Granite of Dartmoor. Notices a 

 section at Pocombe Hill, where a volcanic rock rests on the edges of 

 Carboniferous shales. Gives some details of the beds found in vaiious 

 parts of the city, and traces the sequence of events through the various 

 geological periods. 



2. Dartmoor, pp. 21-47. Gives a sketch of the geology, pp. 22-25. 



3. Mines and Mining in Cornwall and Devonshire, pp. 49-68. 

 Notices theories of the origin of mineral veins, and some of the mineral 

 phenomena of Cornwall. Notes the metalliferous localities of Devon. 

 Describes the working of mines iu the West of England. W. W. 



Anon. [A. B. Wynne.] The Inverted Strata of the Mendips. 

 Oeol. Mag. dec. 2, vol. ii. pp. 566-568, woodcut. 



Explains the occurrence of masses of Carboniferous Limestone resting 

 on the Coal Measures at Luckington and Vobster by inversion and sub- 

 sequent slippings. Examples of similar inversions are given from 

 Afghanistan. W. T. 



. The Line between Highlands and Lowlands. Nature, 



vol. xii. pp. 93, 94. 



Describes the work done in the field by the geological class of the 

 University of Edinburgh. The great fault of Stonehaven was traced 

 across the country to the Aberfoyl district. At Stonehaven it brings 

 the Old Red against the Highland schists ; but in other parts there are 

 patches of Old Red and volcanic rocks on the N. of the fault, lying on 



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