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Ebray, Th. Un avertissement au sujet du Tunnel de la Manche. [A 



warning with regard to the Channel Tunnel.] Bull. Soc. Geol. 



France, 3 ser. t. ii. pp. 209, 210. 



Believes in the impraeticabilityof the Channel Tunnel, owing to the 



inlets of water, which will, at some point of the work, stop further 



progress. G. A. L. 



. Eaccordement des calcaires kimmeridgiens de Cirin avec ceux 



de Chambcry. [Correlation of the Kimeridge Limestones of 

 Cirin and Chambery.] Bull. Soc. Geol. France, 3 ser. t. ii. 

 pp. 259-261, 1 fig. in text. 



The beds underlying the " Yalanginian " series at places only 4 kilo- 

 metres distant are thus given : — 



Mont Lepine. Lemine and Montagnolle. 



1. Valanginian. 1. Valanginian, 



2. Purbeck beds. 2. Cement marls. 



3. Portlandian with fossils. 3. Limestones with Ammonites sub- 



fimbriatus. 



4. Kimeridgian with Zamia. 4. Limestones with same faima as at 



Berrias. 

 5. Coral-Eag corals. 

 6 &6. Upper Coralline (Coral Eag). 6. Beds vfithAm. ipMcerus. 



G. A. L. 



Erdmann, Edwaed. Description de la formation carbonifere do la 

 Scanie. [Coal-bearing formation of Scania.] French translation 

 of his work of 1873. 



En rullstensRs i Stoby socken, Sk§,ne. [Pebble-ridge in 



Stoby, Scania.] Geol. foren. Stockholm Forhandl. bd. i. pp. 123- 



125, plate x. 

 The description of a narrow ridge. The plate gives a map and cross- 

 section of the ridge and surrounding gravelly and sandy beds and peat. 

 The explanation of the ridge is problematical. G. A. L. 



. Bidrag till frSgan on SkSnes nivSforandringar. [Rise of 



land in Scania.] Geol. foren. Stockholm Forhandl. bd. i. pp. 93- 

 104, plates vi., vii. 

 It has been thought that Scania is sinking, whilst the northern part 

 of the Scandinavian peninsula is rising. It is undeniable that in Scania 

 depression has taken place, even within the historical period ; but the 

 author proves that this continues no longer, having been succeeded by 

 a state of rest or even of slight rise. E. E. 



. Om den geologiska beskaffenten af trakterna kring TSgarp 



Eslof och Ystad. [Geology of the regions about TSgarp, &c.] 



Geol. fiiren. Stockholm Forhandl. bd. i. pp. 139-147, pi. xiii. 



Two small geological sketch maps are given, showing the positions of 



faults, borings, and sections. The formations are : — the Coal-bearing 



rocks of Scania, lied clays and sandstones, and Silurian rocks. Many 



of the bore-holes are in the last two. G. A. L. 



