60 GEOLOGY. 



Erdmann, E. Fosforsyrehaltigt konglomerat. [Conglomerate with 



phosphoric acid.] Geol. foren. Stockholm Forhandl. bdt . i. 



pp. 205, 206. 



Note of conglomerate, about 2| Swedish miles north of Ystad, which 



has been shown by analysis to contain 1*5 per cent, of phosphoric acid. 



The nearest rocks are Silurian schists. G. A. L. 



. lakttagelser ofver moranbildningar och deraf betackta skiktade 



jordlager i Sk§,ne. [Moraine-beds of Scania and the stratified clays 



and sands they cover.] Geol. foren. Stockholm Forhandl. bdt. i. 



pp. 210-232, plates xix.-xxiv. 



Descriptions and figures of drift-sections in Scania, showing how the 



stratified clays and sands have been raised, curved, contorted, and 



partly obliterated by " inland ice " and glaciers, and how they are in 



many places covered by immense masses of moraine-matter, till, or 



boulder-clay. G. A. L. 



. Bidrag till kannedomen om de losa jordaflagringarne i 



Skane. I. [Quaternary beds of Scania.] Geol. foren . Stockholm 

 Fordhandl, bdt. ii. pp. 13-23, 101-106, pis. i., ii., iv. 



Shows how the interglacial sands and clays appear in the Boulder 

 Clay, and gives sections of them. Sometimes several interglacial beds 

 occur above one another, indicating several periods of milder climate. 

 These were succeeded by a renewed extension of the inland ice, when 

 thick beds of moraine-matter were laid down upon them. In one of 

 these interglacial layers, covered by nearly 70 feet of Boulder Clay, the 

 author found freshwater shells. Detailed sections at this place and 

 at other places, and a number of vertical drift-sections, taken from 

 borings and sinkings for coal, are given. G. A. L. 



. Nya fyndorter for s. k. strutmergel i Skane. [New localities 



for the so-called " funnel-marl " in Scania.] Geol. foren. Stock- 

 holm Forhandl. bdt. ii. p. 49. 



Om stenkolslagren i Skane. [Coal-series of Scania.] " Ur 



var tids forskning." Part i. ed. 2. 8vo. Stockholm. Pp. 61-90, 

 4 figs, in text, and a coloured geological map of Scania. 

 This Liassic coal-field extends over many hundred Swedish square 

 miles (1 square mile Swedish = about 36 English). The coal-bearing 

 beds lie upon red sandstones and clays, probably Triassic. The coals 

 are little worked, but are capable of being extensively wrought. The 

 seams vary in number and in thickness, the best being in the lower 

 parts of the formation. The coal contains little or no sulphur, and is 

 a good house- and gas-coal. Beds of good fire-clay usually accompany 

 the coals. In the geological map the formations distinguished are: — 

 Primitive (gneiss &c.), Cambrian, Silurian, Eed sandstones and clays 

 (Keuper?), Hor sandstone. Lias and Ilhsetic, Cretaceous. Diabase 

 and Basalt are the igneous rocks shown. The chief faults are mapped 

 and also the positions of the coal-pits. Most of the boundary-Hnes are 

 faults. G. A. L. 



