188 Tromsø Museums Aarshefter 31 & 32. - 1908-1909. 



deposited during the Tapes-sinking. The shore-line 

 of the Tapes-sea lies about 90 m. ahove the present 

 sea-level. 



Between Fauske og Finneidet a great terrace rises to 

 100 m. above the sea-level. This terrace consists of a 

 stony clay without fossils from top to bottom, as a rule 

 without a cover of sand. The top of the terrace resembles 

 Klungsetleira in every respect and is adjoining the rocks 

 behind in a distinct shore-line that can be followed in an 

 easterly direction towards Finneidet. 



On the isthmus there are masses of clay, here and 

 there covered bv sand and oravel. Fossils are found in 

 the Farvikdal in a stony clay 5 — 25 m. above sea-level 

 where the following species have been gathered: 

 Portlandia lenticula, Fabr. 

 Leda pernula, Müll. 

 Lunatia grønlandica, Beck. 



The first mentioned form prevails and therefore the 

 clay ought to be called a Portlandia-clay . 



At Bodø the Yoldia-clay is deposited on the solid 

 ice-scratched rock (Brøgger), and above this clay are 

 banks of shells with a post-glacial fauna from the time 

 of the 7a/je.s-sinking. 



It looks as if the rise of the land after the Tapes- 

 sinking continued into historic times and is still going on. 

 The Klungsetvik is much shallower now than half a cen- 

 tury ago. An anchor of iron has been found in a sand 

 terrace not far from Rognan about 14 m. above the sea- 

 level in such circumstances that there is reason to believe 

 that it was lost there when the sea stood 15—18 m. higher 

 than now. Lake Fiskvaagvand at Rognan about 4 m. 

 above sea-level has once been a bay etc. 



Trykt i november 1910. 



