
Parr. Sxcr.iii] © RAISED BEACHES. — a 
subjoined view (Fig. 69) of a Cornish locality where the existing 
beach is flanked bya cliff of slate, b, continually cut away by the 
sea so that the overlying raised beach, a, ¢, will ere long disappear. 








Fic. 69.—View or RaiseD Bracu, NELLY’s CAvE, ConNWALL (B). 
The coast-line on both sides of Scotland is likewise fringed with 
raised beaches, sometimes four or five occurring above each other 
at heights of 25, 40, 50, 60, 75 and 100 feet above the present 
high-water mark.’ The sides of the mountainous fjords of Northern 
Norway, up to more than 600 feet above sea-level, are marked 
with conspicuous lines of terraces (Fig. 70),some of which are 























































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Fic. 70.—Virw oF TERRACES, ALTEN Fyorp, Norway, 
remarkable for showing an increase in their height at a distance of 
fifty miles inland, and thus indicating a greater upward moyement 
towards the interior than seawards. ‘hese terraces are partly 
! For accounts of some British raised beaches see De la Beche, Memoir on Geology of 
Devon and Cornwall ; R. Chambers, ‘‘ Ancient Sea Margins; ” Prestwich, Q. J. Geol. Soc. 
xxviii. p. 38; xxxi. p. 29. Usher, Geol, Mag. 1879, p. 166. 
