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3. ARCTIC REGIONS. 



Brown, Dr. R. The Countries of the World. Vol. i. parts 1-i, 



pp. 1-128. London. 

 Describes the Arctic regions and their glacial phenomena. 



Da Ranee, C. E. Known Facts and unknown Problems of Arctic 

 Geology. Froc. Geol. Assoc, vol. iv. no. 8, pp. 460-480. 



The Palaeozoic rocks of the islands of the Arctic Regions, Silurian 

 (Wcnlock) Limestones, Coal-bearing Sandstones of the Ursa Stage of 

 Heer, and Mountain Limestone capped by Lias, occur in a trough, tho 

 axis of which trends E.N.E. towards the entrance of Smith's Sound, 

 and rest on Laurentian gneiss and granite, which also forms the larger 

 portion of Greenland. In W. Greenland the gneiss is overlain by 

 Cretaceous and Miocene plant-bearing beds at Disco Island, associated 

 with basalts, in which occur the Greensand meteorites. In E. Green- 

 land, beneath the Miocene, occur Oolitic rocks, containing a fauna with 

 Russian affinities. C. E. D. 



Holland, Amund. Om de isfyldte Fjorde og de glaciale Dannelser 

 i Nordgrcinland. [The Ice-filled Fjords and Glacial Formations of 

 N. Greenland.] Arch. Math. Naturvid. Bd. i. pp. 59-125, map 

 and plate. 



Noticed by mistake in the Geological Record for 1875, p. 110. 



Markham, C. R. The Results of the Arctic Expedition. [Report 

 of Lecture at the London Institution.] Standard and Daily NewSy 

 Dec. 21. Reprinted as pamphlet, 1877. 



Describes ice-action, coal-seams, &c. 



NordeDskiold, Prof. A. E. tJbcrsicht der Geologic des Eisfjordes 

 und Bellsoundcs. [Sketch of the Geology of Icefjord and Bell- 

 sound, Spitzbergen.] K. Svensht Vet.-ATcad. Ilandlingar, Bd. 14, 

 i. pp. 94-133 ; 19 fig. in text. In English in Geol. Mag. dec. ii. 

 vol. iii. pp. 16-23, 63-75, 118-127, 255-268. See also post, 

 Paleontology (Plants), under Heer. 



The same as the paper, under a different title, noticed in tho Geo- 

 logical Record for 1875, p. 110. 



Payer, Lieut. Julius. New Lands within the Arctic Circle. Nar- 

 rative of the Discoveries of the Arctic ship ' Tegethoff ' in 1872-74. 

 2 vols., maps and illustrations. 8vo. London. 

 Contains many details on points in glacial geology. In Chap. 1, 

 The " Frozen Ocean," the characteristics of field-ice, pack-ice, hum- 

 mocks, icebergs, and various other forms are descri])ed. G. A. L. 



