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Oriol, R. Varios itinerarios geologico-mineros por la parte norte de 

 la provincia de Palencia. [Geological and Mining Information on 

 the N. Part of the Province of Palencia.] Bol. Com. map. geol. 

 Espan. t. iii. pp. 257-27 G. 



Ortlieb, J. Les Alluvions du Rhin et les sediments du systjme 



diestien dans le Xord de la France et en Belgique. [Alluvia of 



the lihine and Diestian of X. France and Belgium.] Ann. ^oe. 



Geol. Nord, t. lii. p. 94. 



Part 1 describes the river-deposits of the Rheinau (the plain between 



Heidelberg and the Rhine). These consist of three zones — modem 



alluvium, old alluvium (uncultivated wooded waste), and older alluvium 



(very stony but cultivated). 



Part 2. — Thinks that the Diestian was deposited in Pliocene times 

 by a river taking its source S. of and running parallel with the 

 Thames from W. to E., crossing the Channel a little S. of Dover and 

 Calais, and emptying itself into the Pliocene sea between Brussels and 

 Antwerp. The rocks cut through by such a river would account for 

 the lithological characters of the Diestian beds. G. A. L. 



Otz, — . Bloc erratique sur le Mont d'Amin. [Boulder on Mt. 

 d'Amin.] Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. NeucMtel, t. x. no. 3, p. 357. 



Paquot, R., and — Bilharz. Excursion du 24 Juin aux Mines et 

 Usines de Bleyberg et do Moresnets. [Excursion to the Bleyberg 

 and Moresnets Mines.] Ann. Assoc. lug. Liege, ser. 2, t. vi. pp. 

 153-164. 

 M. Paquot describes the position of the Bleyberg vein, in Carboni- 

 ferous Limestone and Coal Measures ; the vein contains sulphides 

 of zinc, lead, and iron. M. Bilharz describes the geological position of 

 the Calamine deposit of Moresnets, which lies in a cup-shaped hoUow in 

 L. Carboniferous Limestone (dolomite), surrounded by Devonian schists. 

 The deposits of Altenberg and Kelmisberg are likewise noticed. A. R. 



Paul, K. M. Grundziige der Geologic der Bukowina. [Geology of 

 the Bukowina.] Jahrb. Ic.-k. geol. Btichs. Bd. xxvi. Heft 3, pp. 

 201-330, tab. 17 (geol. map), and 21 woodcuts. 

 Crystalline schists with a general S.E. strike occupy the S. Bukowina ; 

 their lower division consists of quartzites and chlorite-schists, the upper 

 of gametiferous mica-schists, gneiss, &c. ; these are followed by lime- 

 stone, not connec-ted with them, but separated by a conglomerate which 

 is probably Verrucano (Dyas) ; the dolomitic limestones are cLissed i\B 

 L. Trias ; above them come jaspery shales, which are succeeded by U. 

 Trias limestones containing Wengen fossils. Next follow the Carpa- 

 thian sandstones, which have been shown to consist in the W. and 

 middle of the range of Neocomian or other Cretaceous beds chiefly, as 

 f;ir as horizons can be drawn. It is here divided into L. Caq)atliian 

 sandstone with : — 1. Calcareous sandstones with Belemnites, = Neoco- 

 mian : 2. Munczel conglomerate and limestone with lihi/ticJionelia lata. 



