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GEOLOGICAL MEMOIRS. 



On the Geology of the North-eastern part o/" Carinthia. 

 By M. V. LiPOLD. 



[Proceed. Imp. Geol. Instit. Vienna, March 6, 1855.] 



M. Boue's supposition that eocene strata exist near Guttaring, 

 N.E. of St. Veit, was confirmed by Von Hauer's examination of the 

 organic remains found in that locahty. Still more recently M. Hoernes 

 has determined among the Guttaring fossils fifteen species peculiar 

 to the lowest portion of the eocene formation, and strikingly agreeing 

 with those of the Val di Bonca. 



This formation appears in the basin of Guttaring, and forms the 

 ridge separating this basin from the Goerschitz valley, and another 

 ridge separating it from the vicinity of Althofen, without advancing 

 as far as Althofen or into the Goerschitz valley itself. It also appears 

 in some isolated patches at the Dachberg, S.E. of Althofen, near 

 Kappel, and at the Piemberg, W. of Klein St. Paul. 



The strata succeed each other, in ascending order, as follows : — 



Clay, unfossiliferous. 



Marls and limestones, with fossils and beds of coal. 



Sands, white and yellow. 



Nummulitic limestone and sandy strata. 



The nummuHtic limestone of the Piemberg contains numerous 

 Echinoderms. 



The eocene strata on the northern slope of the Guttaring basin 

 rest immediately on argillaceous mica-slate ; those on the south 

 slope, together with those at the Piemberg and Dachberg, rest on 

 cretaceous deposits. 



Lignites are found in them near Kappel and on the Somberg, 

 where they are worked. The four coal-beds on the Somberg (the 

 largest of them being scarcely 5 feet thick) are separated from each 

 other by beds of marl-slate and lirtfestones, abounding in Bivalves. 

 The irregularities of the course and shape of the coal-beds denote 

 considerable disturbances in the including strata. 



The eocene beds on the north slope of the Guttaring basin dip 

 conformably to the south ; those on the south slope have a north- 



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