EUBOPE. 101 



Stur, D. Yorkommnisse mariner Petrefacte in den Ostraner 



Schichten in der Umgegend von M.-Ostrau. [Occurrence of marine 



fossils in the Ostrau beds.] Verh. h.-h. geol. Meichs. pp. 153-155. 



The fossils found are Bellerophon, Euomphalus, OrtJwceras, &c. ; the 



first time that marine genera have been found among the coal-beds 



here ; they occur at 3 levels. E. B. T. 



. Reise-Skizzen. Vei^h. l-.-lc. geol. Relchs. pp. 204-209. 



7. Waldenburg. From fossils fixes the position of coals in the Rudof ts 

 pit: Sphenoptens Kanvinensis occurs as in the Schatzlar beds of 

 Ostrau, &c. 9. Kleinhennersdorf, near Liebau : in the collection of 

 Hr. Hermann found a carapace of a new Eurypterid, from the Schatzlar 

 beds. 10. Schatzlar : notes on the succession of the coals here under 

 the Rothliegende. E. B. T. 



Suess, Prof. E. Die Entstehung der Alpcn. [Origin of the Alps.] 

 Vienna. Pp. 186. Abstract in Amer. Journ. ser. 3, vol. x. pp. 

 446-451. 



The formation of the Alps is here viewed in connexion with 

 phenomena exhibited by other mountain chains throughout the N. hemi- 

 sphere. Most of the chains of Europe and N". America are held to 

 be due to lateral thrust in a N.W. or N. to N.E. direction, the steeper 

 side being on the inside of the chain ; in Asia as in the Himalayas, &c. 

 the thrust was to the S., and the chain bends in a curve in that direction. 

 From these and other examples it is concluded that mountain ranges 

 are entirely due to lateral (not vertical) pressure. It is shown that 

 the central crystalline rocks, even if eruptive, have no relation to 

 the period of Alpine elevation. The pelagic nature of the deposits 

 during the Triassic, &c. times in the Alps, Himalayas, &c. is noticed ; 

 the persistence of PalaDozoic types in Secondary times too in these areas, 

 &c. points to long-continued dej^ression. In chap. II. the Alpine system, 

 Apennines, Karpathians, &c. are examined, and are found to have a 

 common origin. In chap. Y. some exceptions to the general N. strike 

 are noticed. In chap. YIII. the theory of geometrical arrangement is 

 considered and rejected, and the cause of elevation referred to con- 

 tractions of the earth-crust. E. B. T. 



. Der Yulcan Yenda bei Padua. [The Yenda Yolcano, near 



Padua.] Sitz. A\ M\ Whs. Wien, math.-nat. CI. Abth. 1, 

 Bd. bcxi. pp. 7-13 ; plate. 

 An old volcano that had been subject to continued denudation would 

 be recognized most surely by the remains of dykes, which would have 

 a radiating direction. Describes these phenomena in Mt. Yenda. 

 Tho trachyte-eruption in one case has removed a mass of fossiliferous 

 rock, which now lies imbedded between it and rhyolite. E. B. T. 



Tardy, A. Lo dt'partcraent do I'Ain h. I'epoque quatemaire. [The 

 Ain in Quaternary times.] Bvll, Soc, Giol, France, 3 sdr. t. iii 

 pp. 479-481. 



The deposita belong to throe glacial phases. 



