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calculated to throw increased light on those great oscillations of 

 the coast-lands which had taken place from the Pliocene Period 

 down to the present time. 



Mr. H. W. Monckton remarked that raised rock-platforms of 

 marine origin, apparently of the same class as those described in 

 the paper, were found along the Norwegian coast, and had been 

 termed s tr and f lade or 'coast-plane' by Dr. Reusch. The 

 speaker thought the term a good one, and better than 'coast-shelf.' 

 He observed that the raised beach of Gower rested upon just such a 

 coast-plane as those found in Norway. He was glad to hear that 

 the Author found in Africa evidence of periods of comparatively- 

 rapid earth-movement, separated by comparatively-long periods of 

 repose, for the speaker had noticed much evidence of similar alternate 

 periods in both Great Britain and Norway. 



