FORMATIONS ABOVE THE CHALK. 



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2. London Clay. 

 Highgate HiU, London. 



2. Calcaire Grassier of Paris. 



Verona, Vicentine Hills, and Monte Berici, 

 in the valley of the Po. 



Loretto, S. E. of Vienna, in the basin of the 

 Danube, Tour de Moliere, E. of Yverdun, in 

 Switzerland. 



With plants and marine fish. 



Monte Bolca near Verona. Solenhofen near 

 Pappenheim, (probably). Fish of Mount Le- 

 banon, (probably). 



3. Plastic Clay Formation. 



Beds of clay, marl, sand, and gravel, with 

 marine shells. 



Basin of Paris. 



All the edges of the plains of Lombardy, 

 near Parma, Placenza, Asti, Turin, Vicenza 

 Valley of the Danube. 



Valley of Geneva and Constance. 



4. Nagelflue of Switzerland, Como, and Saltzburg. 

 Puddingstone of Riga near Lucerne, and 



of Bregentz, of Lake Constance. 



5. Lignite and Glance Coal. Perfect, and used 

 for Fuel. 



Monte Bolca and Arzignarl in the Vicentino. 

 Fussen in Bavaria. 



Titmoning, Teisendorf, Miesbach, and all the 

 coal-pits in the valley of the Danube above 

 Vienna. 



Marburg in Styria. 



Leoben in Styria. 



It is not implied that the above five subdivisional parts of the tertiary 

 formations, maintain the same relative order of succession in England, and 

 on the Continent ; most of them probably alternate, but they are all more 

 recent than the chalk of England, France, and Italy. 



Secondary Formations. 

 Chalk. 



With plants and marine fish. 

 Isle of Sheppey. 



3. Plastic Clay Formation. 

 Clay, marl, sand, and gravel, with marine 

 shells. 

 • Basins of London, Hants, and Dorset. 



4. Puddingstone of Hertfordshire. 

 Druid sandstone blocks of Buckingham- 

 shire, Wilts, Dorset, and Sussex. 



5. Lignite and Glance Coal. Imperfect Wood 

 Coal, 

 Alum Bay, Isle of Wight. 



Corfe clay pits. Isle of Purbeck. 



Large proportion of the S.E. of England. 



Craie of the French, encircling and forming 

 the base of the basin of Paris. 



Younger Alpine limestone of the Euganean 

 and Vicentine Hills in Italy. 



Fort near Lunenburg, close to the town on 

 the side of liainburgh. 



Castle of (^:acow in Poland. 



