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XVIII. On the Evidences of a Submergence of Western Europe, and of the Medi¬ 
terranean Coasts, at the Close of the Glacial or so-called Post-glacial Period, and 
immediately preceding the Neolithic or Recent Period.'^ 
By Joseph Prestwick, D.C.L., F.R.S., F.G.S., Corr. Inst, of France, dc, 
Received December 15, 1892,—Read March 9, 1893, 
[Plate 33.] 
Table of Contents. 
Page. 
Introductory Remarks.904 
France and Belgium. 
Bubble-drift (Head) on the Coast: Sangatte, Wissant, Boulogne, Abbeville, Normandy, 
the Channel Islands, Brittany, coast south of Brittany, Mentone.908 
Inland forms of the Rubble-drift. Loess (In part). Breccio, on Slopes: Auvers, Etampes, 
Mont Genay. Lignites of Dixmont. ReZg’fttm, Valley of the Lesse. Ossiferous fissures : 
On the coast—Nice, Antibes, Cette. Inland—La Montague de Pedemar, La Montague 
de Santenay, Montmorency.. 919 
Spain and Portugal. Raised Beaches and “Head”—Cadiz, Cape Trafalgar, Malaga, Barcelona 940 
Gibraltar. Ossiferous Fissures : Agglomerates or Breccia, recent Breccia.941 
Corsica. Ossiferous Fissures. 950 
Sardinia. Raised Beaches : Ossiferous Breccia.951 
Balearic Islands. Raised Beaches.953 
Italy. Raised Beaches,—Genoa, Leghorn, Ischia. Ossiferous Fissures,—Pisa, Spezzia . . 953 
Sicily. Recent upheavals : Caves, Breccia,—Syracuse, Palermo, San Ciro, Maccagnone . . 954 
Malta. Caves: Ossiferous Fissures : Rubble-drift.962 
Carniola, Istria, and Dalmatia. Ossiferous Fissui’es.965 
Greece. Rubble-drift. Cerigo: Ossiferous Fissures.967 
Crete. Raised Beaches ; “ Head.” Recent upheavals : Cave.969 
Turkey. Raised Beaches: Rubble-drift.970 
Asia Minor. Recent Beaches: Breccia, Bone-cave. Raised Beaches: Rubble-drift . . . 970 
Cyprus. Raised Beaches: Loess?.971 
Northern Syria. Shell Bed.972 
Palestine. Ossiferous Breccia. Raised Beaches: Bone-caves: Palseolithic Implements . . 972 
The Coast of North Africa. Raised Beaches and Ossiferous Fissures,—Tangier, Oran, 
Algeria, Constantine, Tunis, Tripoli. 974 
Egypt. Raised Beaches and River Terraces : Nile Alluvium : Flint Implements .... 977 
Conclusion. 980 
*I briefly broached this subject at the meeting of the British Association at Swansea in 1880: 
an abstract is given in Beports, p. 581. 
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