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fracture, has depressed the area to the south of it to about 40 feet 

 below the top surface of the Lower Limestone escarpment, that lies 

 exposed along the line of fault. 



The fault on the southern side of the bay extends from Dueira via 

 Monsciar to Miggiar Scini, and the result of its fracture has been to 

 depress the area to the north of its line. 



The accompanying map will show the relative positions of these 

 two faults, and the effect that they have had on the area that lies 

 between them. 



RasOueiTa. 



Map of a Part of the Island of Gozo, near Malta. 

 Explanation. 

 a. Upper Coralline Limestone ; b. Grreen Sands ; c. Marl ; 

 d. Globigerina Limestone ; e. Lower Limestone ; 

 /. line of fault which has disappeared North of Ghar-Ilma ; 

 /'. line of fault extending to Monsaar, and thence to Miggiar Scini ; 

 A. Pleistocene. 



The strata that have thus been let down are much broken and 

 displaced ; and, on the southern slope especially, there are several 

 minor faults, all of which wend in a direction that is at right angles 

 to the main fracture. 



The beds on both sides of the valley slope at varying angles, in 

 many cases the inclination being as much as 45° and even 60° out 

 of the horizontal. The beds dip inwards, and the result of the 

 synclinal depression, which has thus been formed, is the Dueira 

 valley, the bed of which is represented by the trough of the syncline. 



