BULL. GEOL. SOC. AM. 



VOL. 18, 1906, PL. 35 



Figure 1. — The desiccated Plain 



Villagers of Turfan digging ancient reed-stocks from the desiccated plain for fire- 

 wood 



Figure 2. — The Pleistocene (Pliocene) Deposits 



Petrified tree in the lacustrine deposits southeast of the playa of Turfan 



THE BASIN OF TURFAN 



