ARCTIC REGIONS. 109 



with notes on the formation of i^ords &c. The second part is on the 

 structure of Nova Zambia. G. A. L. 



KoLDEWEY, Capt. A Narrative of the Wreck of the Hansa in the Ice. 

 Contains geological information. 



NoRDENSKioLD, — . Observations faites pendant un sejour fait I'ete 



dernier dans les regions polaires. [Notes of a sojourn in the polar 



regions.] Compt. Rend. t. Ixxviii. pp. 236-239. 



A continuation of notes already printed. It especially relates to the 



coaly dust with metallic iron observed on the ice and snow of the inland 



ice-sheet of Geeenland. The dust has been found to contain nichel and 



cobalt. An account of the glacier-structure of North Ostland is given. 



Many fossil plants were collected from various formations in Bel Sound 



and Research Bay. Seven formations are recognized, ranging from a 



period between the Devonian and the Carboniferous to the Miocene. 



G.A.L 



Steenstrtfp, K. J. V. Bemerkungen zu der geognostischen Ueber- 



sichtskarte der Kiisten des Waigattes in Nord-Gronland. [On the 



Geological-Survey Map of the Waigatt coasts in North Greenland.] 



Petermann's Mittheilungen, Bd. xx. pp. 142-144, map. 



A description of the rocks observed on the southern shores of the 



Nugssuak peninsula and the northern shores of Disko Land. The 



rocks distinguished are coal-bearing sandstones and shales, trap, and 



gneiss. G. A. L. 



TouLA, Fr. Kohlenkalk- und Zechstein-Fossilien aus dem Homsund 

 an der Siidwestkiiste von Spitzbergen. [Fossils from Carboniferous 

 limestone and Zechstein, S.W. coast of Spitzbergen.] Sitzungsb. 

 k. Ak. Wiss. 1. Abth. Ixx. 



Urba, K. Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Gesteine Siid-Gronlands. 

 [Contributions to a knowledge of the rocks of South Greenland.] 

 33 pp., 3 pis. 8vo. Vienna. 



