THE 



QUARTERLY JOURNAL 



OF 



THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF 



THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



December 13, 1848. 



Thomas Josiah Lang, Esq., and Charles Brumell, Esq., were elected 

 Fellows of the Society. 



The first part of the following communication * was read : — 



1. On the Geological Structure o/ Me Alps, Apennines and Car- 

 pathians, more especially to pi^ove a transition from Secondary 

 to Tertiary rocks, and the development of Eocene deposits in 

 Southern Europe. By Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 

 F.R.S. G.S. L.S., Hon. Mem. R.S. Ed., R.I. Ac, Mem. Imp. Ac. 

 Sc. St. Pet., Corr. Mem. Ac. France, Berlin, Turin, &c. &c. 



Introduction. 



The numerous mineral distinctions of the various rocks composing 

 the Alps, and their separation into more or less crystalline masses, 

 were the chief objects of the researches of the illustrious De Saus- 

 sure ; and some time elapsed before it was thought possible to bring 

 these mountains into anything like a comparison with the sedimen- 

 tary deposits of other parts of Europe, the determination of which 



* Part second was read on January 17, 1849. 

 vol. v. — part I. n 



