380 



DR. C. S. DTT EICHE PEELLER ON FLTJVIO-GLACIAL [Aug. 1 895, 



crosses the Kander at Erlenfeld near Glutsch, about midway between. 



the confluence and the lake. 



Among the more typical deposits examined are the following : — 

 1. Simme Deposits. Below the confluence of the Kander and 



Simme, in the ravine near the point where the Glutsch stream 



Fig. 9. 



PLAN OF THTE 



KANDER AND 

 SIMME DISTRICT 

 "% n. LAKE THUN. 



=J. Scale: 1:200,000 = 



.317 inch to 



vV ''"> 



• • • 



River-courses during glacis.il 

 and ititerglacial periods. 

 Flwvio-glacial and inter* 

 glacial deposits, 

 -jlltitudes in metres aborve^sea'leveli 



Die Riche Prellcr Del. 



discharges its overflow water into the joint river (12, fig. 9), the 

 following section is exposed : — 



(Gravel-conglomerate 25 feet. 



Moraine and sand 15 „ 



Blue and yellow boulder-clay.j 10 „ 

 Triassic limestone. 



Both the boulder-clay and the superposed moraine contain boulders 

 of the Aare area. On the other hand, the gravel-conglomerate or 

 Nagelfluh is, from the character of the pebbles, evidently derived 

 mainly from the Simme and not from the Kander, seeing that the 

 red limestone and hornstone of the former predominate, while the 

 Gasteren granite and Tavayanaz sandstone of the latter are absent. 

 Somewhat lower down, in the eroded gully formed b)^ the broken- 

 in tunnel (13, fig. 9), the same Nagelfluh re-appears in the following 

 characteristic section, which is the complement of the first : — 



Right j Moraine 120 feet. 



bank. \ Gravel-conglomerate 150 „ 



