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PEOCEEDI^GS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Capt. Harold Virgo Hinton, Brynheulog, Forrest Koad, Penarth 

 (Glamorgan) ; Charles William Osman, M.Inst.C.E., Highfield, 

 Chagford (Devon) ; Norman Mosley Penzer, B.A., 12 Clifton Hill, 

 St. John's Wood, 1ST.W.8 ; and Inkerman Rogers, Inkerman House, 

 Clovelly Road, Bideford (Devon), were elected Fellows of the 

 Society. 



The List of Donations to the Library was read. 



The President said : — Major R. W. Brock, formerly Director 

 of the Geological Survey of Canada, was called upon last year to 

 undertake on behalf of the War Office an arduous journey in 

 Palestine, during which he had to devote particular attention to 

 the Dead Sea region. At the request of the Officers of the Society, 

 Major Brock has kindly undertaken to tell us something of his 

 observations in that country. It is needless to say that the region 

 is of surpassing interest to geologists, and I am sure that the 

 Fellows will appreciate the opportunity of hearing how its 

 remarkable features have impressed so acute and experienced a 

 field-geologist. 



Major Reginald W. Bkock, M.A., F.G.S., then proceeded to 

 deliver his lecture on the Geology of Palestine, his observations 

 being; summarized as follows : — 



The following formations are recognized : 

 Quaternary. Alluvium. Dunes ; Valley and Plains Clay,^ 



Tertiary. 



Mesozoic. 



Diluvium. 



Pliocene. 

 Eocene. 



and Silt ; Desert Crust. 

 Terrestrial. Lisan Formation 



(Jordan-lake-beds) . 

 Marine. Upper Calcareous Sand- 

 stone & Limestone. 

 Lower Calcareous Sand- 

 stone. 



Heavy 

 volcanic 

 , flows, 

 ) basalts, 

 j ashes, 

 tuffs, etc. 



Lacustrine. 



Nummulitic Limestone. 



["Daman 1 , 



fSenonian < Campanian y, -,, ' 

 , . basalts. 



I Santonian J 



f Upper < Turonian 



Cretaceous. <j 



I^Cenomanian. 



IJLower Nubian Sandstone. 



Jebel-Usdum formation (j-). 

 Jurassic. On Lebanon and Hermon only. 



Palaeozoic. Carboniferous. Possibly south-east of the Dead Sea. 



Cambrian. Dolomite and sandstone. 



Pre-Cambrian. Volcanics and arkose. 



Red granites and porphyries. 



Grey granites, gneiss, and crystalline schists. 



